Empowerment Programme

Services

Facts about Abuse

95% of abuse is perpetrated by men on women (which is why we tend to speak of the abuser as "he"), but abuse also happens in same-sex relationships, and women are capable of abusing men. However, in the case of women abusing men, the dynamics are different and the abuse cannot be compared equally to men's abuse of women.

The Empowerment Programme focuses on strengthening the human rights of women and children. It offers emergency counselling, short-term individual and group counselling and support, and legal advice and assistance to women who walk into the SBC for help or who are participating in the residential programme. The Programme is also involved in outreach work, providing education and awareness-raising on gender-based violence to schools, corporates and civil society in general. The team is managed by a psychologist and consists of a psychological counsellor, social worker, legal advisor, para-legal assistant and psychology/social work interns.