Gauteng Community Safety MEC Faith Mazibuko has launched a Green door in Orange Farms Ext 2 at MS Care Centre on.
The Green door is a safe site within 5 kilometres to the local police stations, which offers victims of GBV services such as emotional containment, trauma debriefing and referral to the police station to open a case.
Orange Farms is listed amongst the top 30 gender-based violence hotspots in the country and recently recorded the highest number of reported incidents of violence perpetrated against women and children in the province.
“Finally, we have a Green door in Orange Farm because the cases of gender-based violence are increasing daily. This Green door will deal with all the issues in the community since the importance of this place is to provide help to the victims,” said Mazibuko.
“We encourage women to report the abuse that is taking place in various churches.”
Mazibuko said many victims of GBV are now breaking the silence because of the GBV brigades who are leading a door-to-door campaign reaching out to the victims.
“40 000 households have already been visited in the province by the gender-based violence brigades,” she said.
She says the establishment of victim empowerment centres in police stations are meant to ensure women do not face secondary victimisation.
“Victim empowerment centres have rape kits and all the necessary paperwork that is needed when dealing with victims of rape,” said Mazibuko.
Green door ambassador Thabile Sibiya has pleaded with community members to work with them to urge GBV victims to utilise these services.
“We urge the community of Orange Farm to support us especially people who are here, they should spread the word about the green door so that victims of gender-based violence can get help,” said Sibiya.
