Help Human Rights Screened Foundation by Translating the National GBVF safety guide for Accessibility to all ethnic groups in South Africa
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Gender Equality & GBV
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GBV prevention & awareness
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Help Human Rights Screened Foundation by Translating the National GBVF safety guide for Accessibility to all ethnic groups in South Africa
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This practical guide will explain the Hand Signal for Help, including its use during video calls, and provide information on victims’ rights, helplines, shelters, Thuthuzela Care Centres and police victim-friendly facilities. We need support in isiZulu, isiXhosa, Afrikaans, English, Sepedi, Setswana, Sesotho, Xitsonga, siSwati, Tshivenda and isiNdebele, as well as French and Portuguese for communities who use these languages in South Africa. We also welcome South African Sign Language practitioners to help develop accompanying accessible video content. The Human Rights Screened Foundation therefore seeks volunteer translators, copywriters and proofreaders to help develop our national GBVF Prevention, Safety and Support Handbook. Our aim is to distribute printed and digital resources across every province, reaching even the most remote rural communities. Language should never prevent someone from understanding their rights or finding help. Clear, culturally appropriate translations will help make this essential information accessible to more individuals and families. Volunteers will assist with writing, translation, proofreading and checking that sensitive information is clear, accurate and respectful. Please lend your language skills to help more people recognise abuse, understand their options and access support. Every citizen deserves this information.
Sustainable Development Goals
Gender Equality
Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls
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Stay safe
- 1. Don’t pass any personal information to people you haven’t met offline before.
- 2. When meeting one of your contacts offline for the first time, always be sure to arrange to meet in a public place.
- 3. Make sure that you are not left alone with someone that you have never met before.
- 4. Know where you’re going. If you’re headed off the beaten track or into an unfamiliar part of town, be sure you have directions and a GPS or map book.
- 5. If you feel unsafe, consult the person in charge and let him or her know.
- 6. Avoid wearing expensive jewellery: it could get damaged, lost or stolen.
- 7. Ask, ask, ask! If you’re worried about something or concerned about your safety in a certain situation, ask the person in charge.
