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Using the media to highlight the cases got the attention of the station commander and we got a meeting. If you want to expose corruption or the police not doing their duties, you get a good media journalist on the story and then you report it to the people who actually investigate the non-compliance.
Wendy Pekeur, Ubuntu.
Rallying the role-players requires that LDAs build collaborative networks to expand their reach, influence and impact. These networks enable information sharing, serve as case referral mechanisms, and are an essential support function for clients to access services and justice from the formal system (Karimakwenda et al, 2020). By taking more or less formalised approaches to networking, organisations are able to identify other entities that can complement their own expertise and service offering. This allows them to link into wider referral systems and thereby provide a more holistic response to survivor communities. The collaborative networks that LDAs build and draw upon range from ad hoc and informal ones to formal project partnerships. More structured collaborations e.g. for advocacy campaigns, research or the provision of legal representation, occur frequently with other CBOs and activists, or with urban based NGOs. Some such collaborators interviewed for this study emphasised the critical role LDAs play in connecting remote communities with state and other services, and in delivering essential support to under-resourced and vulnerable populations.
We were not able to reach the farm areas because of lack of resources, and we coordinated our resources and so when we have a programme it makes it easier. [The LDA] is able to come on board in certain areas ... We share our expertise and our resources, so it’s not only one organisation that is able to tackle the strain of GBV.
Misiwe Ngqondela, CBO stakeholder.
  CARE Alicedale protest march and rally against gender-based violence.
20 “Finish this Elephant”: Rural Community Organisations’ Strategic Approaches to Addressing GBV
  



























































































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