Published on 18 January 2022 in Research / Books and other publications

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Crime and criminal justice South Africa Southern African Regional Police Chiefs Cooperation Organisation
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Monitoring violence prevention

This discussion document outlines violence-prevention interventions and advocates for effective policy implementation.

Violence prevention has gained prominence in the South African policy landscape and academic discourse. The 2016 White Paper on Safety and Security1 and National Strategic Plan on Gender-based Violence and Femicide (NSP on GBVF)2 underline the importance of preventing violence. The policies also acknowledge that prevention requires action from various stakeholders. They call for a whole-of-society approach, which means that interventions are needed to address the risk factors for violence at individual, family, community and policy levels. This needs collective action by government, non-governmental organisations (NGOs), development partners and the private sector.


About the author

Matodzi Amisi is a Senior Research Consultant, Justice and Violence Prevention Programme at the Institute for Security Studies.

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Development partners
The Violence Prevention Forum is a collaboration between government, civil society, researchers, international organisations, development partners and the private sector. VPF is committed to building a society free of violence.

This report is funded by the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit GmbH (GIZ). The ISS is also grateful for support from the members of the ISS Partnership Forum: the Hanns Seidel Foundation, the European Union, the Open Society Foundations and the governments of Canada, Denmark, Ireland, the Netherlands, Norway and Sweden.
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