One stop to justice? This country rolled out Thuthuzela Care Centres. Find out what happened next via Bhekisisa_MG SGBV
The air is still and scalding at Blantyre’s Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital. Nurses are stifling yawns and scrolling through their phones, watching their Friday tick slowly away.
She has been sexually assaulted, her companions explain in a panic to the nurse manning the front desk. In an instant, the sleepy office around them flies into motion. Outside the room, a police officer reaches for a notebook, preparing to take Joyce’s statement – if she wants to give one – after the medical examination is finished.
set up by the Malawian government to support victims of sexual violence. The name means “everything under one roof” in the local Chichewa language and that’s exactly what the 22 centres are meant to provide – all the medical, legal, and social services that victims are entitled to following a physical or sexual assault, in one place.
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