Client experience of rape victims accessing governmental post-rape services in South Africa
dc.contributor.author | Johnson, Suzanne | |
dc.contributor.author | Mahlalela, Nomsa Brightness | |
dc.contributor.author | Mills, Elizabeth | |
dc.coverage.spatial | South Africa | en |
dc.date.accessioned | 2017-03-07T09:07:34Z | |
dc.date.available | 2017-03-07T09:07:34Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2017-03 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Johnson, S., Mahlalela, N.B. and Mills, E. (2017) Client experience of rape victims accessing governmental post-rape services in South Africa, Making All Voices Count Research Report, Brighton: IDS | en |
dc.identifier.uri | https://opendocs.ids.ac.uk/opendocs/handle/20.500.12413/12857 | |
dc.description.abstract | This study aims to better understand the experiences of rape victims accessing governmental post-rape services in South Africa. It was part of a larger intervention to develop an e-governance mobile phone ratings app for reporting user satisfaction with post-rape services, which aimed to improve accountability and responsiveness. Participants highlighted positive, negative and often mixed experiences in accessing post-rape services. Entry to centres was often delayed due to low levels of awareness, indirect referrals and delays at police stations. Positive experiences were characterised as welcoming, friendly, empathetic and non-judgemental. Negative experiences were characterised as threatening, blaming, physiologically taxing and lacking in empathy. Inadequate follow-up, delays in progress of cases, and poor communication and quality of information contributed to dissatisfaction with services. The findings of the study were used to inform the design and content of the app, as well as its technology platform and the content of marketing material. These contributed to its successful piloting and use. | en |
dc.description.sponsorship | DFID | en |
dc.description.sponsorship | USAID | en |
dc.description.sponsorship | SIDA | en |
dc.description.sponsorship | Omidyar Network | en |
dc.language.iso | en | en |
dc.relation.ispartofseries | Making All Voices Count Research Report; | |
dc.rights | This work is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International licence, which permits unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original authors and source are credited. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/ by/4.0/legalcode | en |
dc.rights.uri | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ | en |
dc.subject | Health | en |
dc.subject | Participation | en |
dc.subject | Politics and Power | en |
dc.subject | Technology | en |
dc.title | Client experience of rape victims accessing governmental post-rape services in South Africa | en |
dc.type | Series paper (non-IDS) | en |
dc.rights.holder | © The Institute of Development Studies 2017 | en |
rioxxterms.funder | Default funder | en |
rioxxterms.identifier.project | Default project | en |
rioxxterms.version | NA | en |
rioxxterms.funder.project | c941507f-fd0b-4fc3-9822-4b2132f61a1d | en |
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