Endline Report: Impact Evaluation of the "Increasing Services for Survivors of Sexual Assault in South Africa" Program


We find no impact of the community dialogues or the service providers’ training on TCC utilization, measured by survivors presenting to the TCC. We also find no impact of the community dialogues on community knowledge and attitudes toward sexual assault. Knowledge of TCCs in treatment and control areas remains low and at similar levels as baseline. It is possible that the intervention influenced the individuals who attended the dialogues; however, such an approach is inadequate to reach the larger population and change community knowledge and attitudes. The Treatment 2 training can be regarded as successful in improving the knowledge, attitudes, and to a limited extent, the self-reported practices of those service providers who attended the trainings. It is important to note that this group of professionals self-selected into the training, and as such are not representative of the service providers targeted by the training (e.g., teachers, police, and health workers) more broadly.