By Alrien van der Walt
South Africa is one of the most unsafe places in the world for womxn, children and LGBTQIA+ individuals to simply exist. Gender- Based Violence & Femicide (GBVF) was officially declared a national crisis in 2019. It is a whole of society problem that requires collective action to solve it. 100-Day Challenges create an enabling environment for frontline workers to overcome the systemic obstacles they face in delivering prevention interventions as well as services to victims and survivors of GBV. A facilitated process leads to intense collaboration, rapid innovation, and disciplined execution. In addition to the tangible impact, the lessons learned and relationships formed pave the way to long- term sustainable solutions. Seven teams across the country participated in GBVF NSP 100-Day Challenges as part of a pilot initiative to discover what is possible when multi-sectoral teams commit to new ways of working together to shift the needle on National Strategic Plan on Gender-based Violence and Femicide (NSP GBVF) implementation. Ambassadors from each of the six NSP GBVF “Pillar” working groups of End GBVF Collective worked alongside local teams to improve knowledge of the outcomes of the NSP GBVF and facilitate their implementation at municipal level. 100-day Challenges are uniquely structured and facilitated projects that aim to enable local teams to make progress quickly, on some of the targeted outcomes in the National Strategic Plan on GBVF. The Challenges inspire multi-stakeholder teams to collaborate more intensely, innovate more rapidly, and execute with more discipline. “100-day Challenges are an innovative multi-stakeholder collaboration aimed at expediting progress on target outcomes of the National Strategic Plan on GBVF”
Through the support of Ford Foundation, End GBVF Collective had the opportunity to pilot this way of working. It worked through the intermediation of “100-Day Challenge Ambassadors”, designated by the pillar teams of End GBVF Collective. Ambassadors were trained to create an enabling environment in each district and to support teams and leaders throughout the design and implementation of the 100-Day Challenges. Seven teams were formed in March 2022. Each team committed to an aspirational 100-Day goal related to advancing one or more themes of the NSP on GBVF Pillars in their district. The table below shows the goals and the results achieved, side by side.
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Dec 2022 | Collective Action Magazine
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