A list of NGO's,
CBO's and other non-profits that deal with gender-based
violence. If you organisation is not on this
list, or if changes need to be made to the existing
information please contact
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Advice Desk for Abused Women
Tel: 031 262 5231
Fax: 031 262 5223
Hotline: 031 262 9673/9
Email:
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Postal
Address:
PO
Box 65227, Reservoir Hills, 4090
Physical
Address:
UKZN, Westville Campus, Asoka
Theatre, K Block, Room 120, Durban, 3610
Municipal District:
Ethekwini
Date Founded: 1986
Mission: To address domestic
violence and related issues by establishing
and implementing education, training and empowerment programmes that promote respect
for human rights, community and
family values and access to justice
Work In: Counselling,
training, assist with protection orders,
shelter
Working Hours:
Mon - Fri, 08:00-16:00, but 24 Hour hotline
African Centre for the Constructive Resolution
of Disputes
(ACCORD)
Tel: 031 502 3908
Fax: 031 502 4160
Contact Person:
Ms Venashara
Pallay, Senior Researcher
Email:
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Website: www.accord.org.za
Postal
Address:
Private Bag X018, Umhlanga Rocks,
4320
Physical
Address:
2-4 Golf Course Drive, 2nd
Floor, Mount Edgecombe, Durban, 4300
Municipal District:
Ethekwini
Date Founded: 1991
Mission: To encourage and promote the constructive resolution
of disputes
by the peoples of Africa and so assist in
achieving political stability,
economic recovery and peaceful co-existence
within just and democratic societies
Work In: Training, research, human rights,
democracy, negotiation and mediation, civilian peacekeeping, conflict resolution
Working Hours:
Mon - Fri, 08:00-17:00
African Gender Institute
Tel: 021 650 2970
Fax: 021 685 2142
Contact Person:
Fareeda Jadwat
Email:
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Website: www.uct.ac.za/org/agi
http://www.gwsafrica.org
http://www.feministafrica.org
Postal
Address:
UCT, Private Bag 7700, Rondebosch,
Middle Campus, 4th Floor, All Africa
House Building, Cape Town, 8001
Physical
Address:
UCT, Private Bag 7700, Rondebosch,
Middle Campus, 4th Floor, All Africa
House Building, Cape Town, 8001
Municipal District:
Cape Town
Date Founded: 1995
Mission and Work
In: The broad goals of the
African Gender Institute are to:
- develop theoretical and practical understandings of gender and its
importance in the process of social
transformation in Africa
- develop teaching and research
in gender studies so as to advance the pursuit
of intellectual excellence at the University
of Cape Town and other African educational institutions;
- facilitate linkages between
intellectuals, researchers,
policy-makers and practitioners working towards
the attainment of gender equity in Africa
- strengthen the intellectual
and leadership capacity of those working towards
the attainment of gender equity in Africa
- build a proactive and responsive knowledge and information base.
Working Hours:
Mon - Fri, 08:30-16:30
Agenda Feminist Media Project
Tel: 031 304
7001/2/3
Fax: 031 304 7018
Contact Person: Michelle Odayan, Director
Email:
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Website: www.agenda.org.za
Postal
Address:
PO Box 61163, Bishopsgate, Durban, 4008
Physical
Address:
Room E302, Diakonia Centre, 20 St Andrews
Street, Durban, 4008
Municipal District:
Ethekwini
Date Founded: 1987
Mission: Agenda, as
a feminist media project in Africa,
is committed to giving women a
forum, a voice and skills to articulate their needs
and interests
towards transforming
unequal gender relations. We aim to
question and challenge current understandings
and practices of gender relations. We contribute to the development of new knowledge
about how gender relations can be
transformed. In particular we
contribute to the development of women and their capacity to organise themselves, reflect on their experiences
and to write about this. We are
committed to the principles of non-sectarianism,
anti-racism and anti-homophobia
Work In: Academic journal, radio,
writing development, website, internships,
gender, media, women, publications
Working Hours:
Mon - Fri, 08:30-16:30
Centre for Aids Development, Research
and Evaluation (CADRE)
Tel: 011 339
2611
Fax: 011 339 2615
Contact Person:
Warren Parker
Email:
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Website: http://www.cadre.org.za/
Postal
Address:
PO Box 30829, Braamfontein, 2017
Physical
Address:
11th Floor, Braamfontein Centre, 23 Jorissen St, Braamfontein, 2017
Municipal District:
Johannesburg
Date Founded: 2001
Mission: CADRE is
committed to fast-tracking
appropriate and effective response to HIV/AIDS through developing coherent strategic models
for interventions
Work In: HIV/AIDS intervention and
communications strategies,
HIV/AIDS literature
Working Hours:
Mon - Fri, 08:00-16:00
Centre for the Study of Violence
and Reconciliation (CSVR)
Tel: 011 403
5650
Fax: 011 339 6785
Contact Person:
Lisa Vetten
Email:
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Website: www.csvr.org.za/gender
Postal
Address:
P.O. Box 30778, Braamfontein, 2017
Physical
Address:
23 Jorrisen Street, 4th Floor,
Braamfontein Centre, Braamfontein, 2017
Municipal District:
Johannesburg
Date Founded: 1988
Mission: One of the Gender Programme's main aims
is to develop, promote and publicise research
that will help people understand
what causes
gender-based violence as well as
the effects of such violence
Work In: Education and training designed to prevent gender-based
violence
Working Hours:
Mon - Fri, 08:30-17:00
Community Agency for Social Enquiry (CASE)
Tel: 011 646 5922
Fax: 011 646 5919
Contact Person:
Ian Macun
Email:
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Website: www.case.org.za
Postal
Address:
PO Box 32882, Braamfontein, 2017
Physical
Address:
No 31 Oxford Rd, Forest Town,
Braamfontein, 2017
Municipal District:
Johannesburg
Date Founded: 1985
Mission: CASE undertakes
research in a wide range of areas, covering different aspects of economy, society
and politics in South Africa and the
Southern African region
Work In: Housing,
gender, labour and the economy, human rights,
youth, media, development and the environment, education, health, fieldwork
Working Hours:
Mon - Fri, 08:00 - 16:30
Democracy Development Programme (DDP)
Tel: 031 304 9305
Fax: 031 306 2261
Contact Person:
Dr Rama Naidu, Executive Director
Email:
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Website: www.ddp.org.za
Postal
Address:
PO Box 11376, Marine Parade, Durban, 4056
Physical
Address:
32 Masonic Grove Chamber, 2nd
Floor, Durban, 4056
Municipal District:
Durban
Date Founded: 1993
Mission: To consolidate
democracy through the promotion of citizen participation, a human rights culture, and good governance in South Africa
Work In: Local government,
capacity building, democracy, gender, leadership,
voter education
Working Hours:
Mon - Fri, 08:00 - 16:30
Durban Lesbian & Gay
Community & Health Centre
Tel: 031 301 2145
Fax: 031 301 2147
Contact Person:
Evashnee Naidu, Legal Advisor
Email:
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Website: www.gaycentre.org.za
Postal
Address:
301/8 Protea House, 330 West St, Mark Lane, Durban, 4001
Physical
Address:
301/8 Protea House, 330 West St, Mark Lane, Durban, 4001
Municipal
District: Durban
Date Founded: 1998
Mission: To empower the lesbian, gay, bisexual
and transgender communities by providing services, support
and training to enable them to claim their rights
to equality, dignity and freedom within the context of transformation
Work In: Counselling, legal advice, support
groups, treatment literacy support
Working Hours:
Mon - Fri, 09:00 - 17:00, Sat 12:00-14:00
Gender Links
Tel: 011 622 2877
Fax: 011 622 4732
Contact Person:
Kubi Rama, Deputy Director
Email:
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Website:
www.genderlinks.org.za
Postal
Address:
9 Dereck St, Cyridene, Johannesburg,
2198
Physical
Address:
9 Dereck St, Cyridene, Johannesburg,
2198
Municipal District:
Johannesburg
Date Founded: 2002
Mission: Gender Links
primary area of focus is the transformation
of gender relations in and through
the media
Work In: Research, media, training materials, advisory
services
Working Hours:
Mon - Fri, 08:00 - 16:30
Centre for Socio-Legal Studies
(CSLS)
Tel: 031 260 1291
Fax: 031 260 1540
Contact Person:
Ms Lindi Coetzee, National Co-ordinator
Email:
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Website:
www.streetlaw.org.za
Postal
Address:
UKZN, Centre for Socio-Legal Studies,
Hut 11, Howard College, Durban, 4001
Physical
Address:
UKZN, Centre for Socio-Legal Studies,
Hut 11, Howard College, Durban, 4001
Municipal District:
Durban
Date Founded: 2003
Mission: Aimed primarily at the youth,
Street Law is designed to introduce the law and human rights to people of all levels
of education, providing a practical understanding
of the law, the legal system and the constitution
to all learners
Work In: Women, social justice,
HIV/AIDS, sexual orientation, social awareness, human rights
and the law
Working Hours:
Mon - Fri, 08:00 - 16:00
KwaZulu-Natal Deaf Association
(KZNDA)
Tel: 031 201 2661/2408
Fax: 031 202 7394
Contact Person:
Upasna Ramballi
Email:
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Website: www.deafsa.co.za
Postal
Address:
180 Mansfield Rd, Durban, 4001
Physical
Address:
180 Mansfield Rd, Durban, 4001
Municipal District:
Durban
Date Founded: 1936
Mission: The KZNDA strives to meet the development, social,
physical and cultural needs of the deaf and hard of hearing people of KZN
Work In: Sign language
training, leadership, HIV/AIDS,
job-placement, life-skills training, counselling,
women's groups,
social clubs
Working Hours:
Mon - Thu, 08:00-16:00, Fri 08:00-13:00
KwaZulu-Natal Programme for Survivors
of Violence (KZNPSV)
Tel: 033 342 1378
Fax: 033 342 1378
Contact Person:
Ncami Thusi, Social Worker
Email:
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Website: www.survivors.org.za
Postal
Address:
206 Burger Street, Pietermaritzburg, 3201
Physical
Address:
206 Burger Street, Pietermaritzburg, 3201
Municipal District:
Pietermaritzburg
Date Founded: 1994
Mission: To assist and support individuals,
families and communities that have been fragmented due to high levels of violence in KwaZulu-Natal
Work In: Conflict resolution, counselling
and therapy, rehabilitation
Working Hours:
Mon - Fri, 08:30 - 16:30
Nisaa
Institute for Women's Development
Tel: 011 854 5804/5
Fax: 011 854 5718
Email:
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Website: www.nisaa.org.za
Postal
Address:
PO Box 1057, Lenasia, 1820
Physical
Address:
19 Link St, Extension 1, Lenasia, 1820
Municipal
District: Region 11
Date Founded: 1993
Mission: Nisaa
is committed to bridging that which
can bring women together as a cohesive group and that which distinguishes each
of us as
individuals. Nisaa is also dedicated to promoting and acknowledging women's self
and collective empowerment and their contributions
to politics, economics, and social
community-based activities
Work In: Life-skills,
gender issues, training, organisational
development, research
Working Hours:
Mon - Fri, 08:00 - 16:00
Organisation
of Civic Rights (OCR)
Tel: 031 304 6451
Fax: 031 301 0026
Contact Person:
Angel Paulsen, General Secretary
Email:
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Website: www.ocr.org.za
Postal
Address:
PO Box 4787, Durban, 4000
Physical
Address:
304 Third Floor, Salisbury House, 332 Smith Street, Durban, 4000
Municipal
District: Durban
Date Founded: 1984
Mission: To oppose
unjust evictions, take up rent issues and
alleviate hardships experienced by tenants,
homeless
and others irrespective of race, religion, gender or creed. To
engage in civic, social and other
related activities in the interest of residents and formal or informal business
Work In: Networking, safety and security,
housing, research,
legal services,
human rights, capacity building
Working Hours:
Mon - Fri, 08:00 - 16:30
Project Empower
Tel: 031 310 3565
Fax: 031 310 3566
Contact Person:
Nompumelelo Batha, Programme Coordinator
Email:
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Website: www.projectempower.org.za
Postal
Address:
Room 234, Diakonia Centre, 20 St Andrews
Street, Durban, 4001
Physical
Address:
Room 234, Diakonia Centre, 20 St Andrews
Street, Durban, 4001
Date
Founded: 2001
Work In: HIV/AIDS, capacity
building, gender, human rights,
training, mainstreaming
Working Hours:
Mon - Fri, 08:30 - 16:00
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