GLOBAL DATABASE ON VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN AND GIRLSCOUNTRY-PROFILESOUTH AFRICAMEASURESDIGITAL LITERACY PROGRAMME TARGETING WOMEN IN SAFE SHELTERS 
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Digital literacy programme targeting women in safe shelters 
Type of Measure
Prevention > Education > Non-formal education
Form of Violence
Technology-facilitated violence against women and girls
Brief Description
The Department of Social Development has partnered with the Department of Communications and Digital Technology, in the country, on a digital literacy programme targeting women in safe shelters and those living in disadvantage communities. Training has been conducted across all nine provinces in the country on the safe use of technology, particularly cellular phones, by over 300 women, covering safety precautions and prevention of falling victims to online/technology related GBV including human trafficking as well as other crime perpetrators on social media platforms.
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