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A Digital Lifeline for Adolescent Girls
The SafeSigns initiative, implemented by Ipas ASR in partnership with Reach Digital Health & Lovelife, is transforming how adolescent girls aged 15–18 in Gqeberha, South Africa recognize & prevent dating violence.

08/03/2026

The SafeSigns Champions are here to remind you: Your safety is your right, and your voice is your superpower. Let’s keep building a world where we all feel seen, heard, and protected. 🛡️👯‍♀️

04/03/2026

Introducing SafeSigns, a WhatsApp-based chatbot being Implemented by Reach Digital Health with Ipas and Love Life, SafeSigns is transforming how adolescent girls aged 15-18 in Gqeberha, South Africa, understand and prevent dating violence. The team is building a WhatsApp based chatbot co-designed with young women themselves, ensuring that the language, tone and tools reflect their preferences and lived experiences.
Users will engage with short, interactive modules that cover healthy relationships, emotional wellbeing, decision making, communication skills, online safety and more. The experience is structured yet gentle, designed to feel like a supportive conversation rather than a lesson. Young women using the tool will choose avatars that feel familiar, listen to voice notes, complete mini quizzes and practice real-life scenarios, from spotting red flags to negotiating boundaries.
At every step, they can access simple, age-appropriate referrals to trusted services such as Thuthuzela Care Centres, mental health support, sexual and reproductive health services and GBV helplines. A built-in help desk will allow girls to connect with a trained person when they want to talk to someone directly.

26/02/2026

Strategic Activation Recap: Empowering the Champions
This past weekend, the team hosted a high-impact retreat in Gqeberha focused on capacity building and community outreach.
By investing in our Champions, we are ensuring the long-term sustainability and grassroots resonance of our mission to end dating violence.

The weekend commenced with a structured vision-boarding session, designed to align the Champions’ personal development goals with the broader mission of the project.

The Champions conducted on-the-ground outreach at the local beach ,increasing visibility for the .

This afforded us an opportunity for direct engagement with our target demographic, fostering real-time awareness and gathering insights on how young women perceive digital safety tools.

We concluded the activation with a formal dinner celebrating the strength of our network. At , we believe in modeling the behavior we promote. Building trust among team members because we understand the importance of a strengthened internal support system, which is critical for the emotional labor involved in gender-based violence (GBV) advocacy.

… creating awareness on dating violence one chat at a time.

13/02/2026

At the UNESCO Global Symposium on Technology and Gender-Based Violence (GBV), held from 25–28 November 2025 in Bangkok, Thailand, Ipas Africa Southern Region showcased one of its most promising digital innovations, the SafeSigns Project. The symposium brought together over 100 global actors across education, technology, gender, and child protection sectors, all committed to shaping safer digital spaces.

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Waterfall Cresent View/South Waterfall Office Park 84 Bekker Road Vorna Valley
Johannesburg

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http://www.ipasasr.org/

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