CFP Fadzai Komwedzani of Shabwe Ward 15 in rural Beitbridge deals mostly with domestic violence cases, maintenance, inheritance and custody and women rights. Working with traditional leaders, she has been able to offer basic legal advice in her sprawling community. “We have religious leaders who keep practicing acts that suppress women, and even encourage child marriages. This is one of the challenges that I battle with everyday,’’ said Komwedzani. 3.2 The Rusape One Stop Centre: For Survivors of Gender-Based Violence Using existing facilities of a one stop centre in Makoni District, the project aimed at accommodating the potential larger numbers of people that would result from the interventions. The one-stop centre helps survivors of violence to recover and become empowered survivors by offering them comprehensive health, psychosocial and police and legal services in one place. At the one-stop centre, located at Rusape General Hospital, survivors of sexual violence such as rape have quick access to a health clinic that can administer emergency medical care, including treatment to prevent HIV and unwanted pregnancies and counselling. They can then report their case at the police post and receive counselling and legal services within the centre. “The One Stop Centre centre represents a promising model for providing comprehensive care and support for survivors by providing direct services under one roof,’’ said Sibonginkosi Dunjana, Monitoring and Evaluation Officer for ZWLA. Dunjana added: “In most communities, service providers are located in different physical locations thereby inhibiting timely and efficient responses and police stations and hospitals do not provide a conducive environment to report cases of GBV.” She also said the environment accorded by the One Stop Centre allows survivors to feel safe and open up on their devastating experiences at the same time guaranteeing them maximum confidentiality.’’ The One Stop Centre also adheres to the 4Ps approach (Prevention, Protection, Prosecution, Programmes) that facilitates the achievement of Gender Equality (SDG 5). Some of the key issues highlighted in the 4Ps are awareness creation in communities on GBV, hotlines for survivors to report, and the establishment of GBV centres for survivors and survivors’ protection through prosecution of perpetrators. “The One Stop Centre is helping to link the community, hospital and clinics and the different sectors that offer GBV response services such as legal, psychosocial and security”, said Dunjana. The one-stop centre concept is increasingly becoming effective because survivors get assistance at one location, under one roof. Sixty percent of survivors who seek services at the centre are victims of rape. The centre has assisted one woman to terminate her pregnancy after a rape incident. Annually, the centre helps 500 women, with legal aid, rape, inheritance, divorcees, counselling and maintenance cases.