Policy Brief: Shelters Housing Women Who Have Experienced Abuse

This policy brief presents a summary of two shadow reports that focused on shelter policy, funding and practice, one on the province of Gauteng and the other on Western Cape.  In recognising that some of the shelters have received increases in funding from the DSD since the research was conducted, this brief revisits one of the participating shelters. It describes the funding that the shelter currently receives while analysing the extent to which the increase meets the expenditure of the shelter.  This is done by costing the needs of a family currently residing at the shelter. The brief concludes with recommendations for the improvement of sheltering services for abused women and their children.