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We ask how to reach you safely. Then, only if you want to, you can tell us what happened to you. Every question about your experience is optional, and you can answer as much or as little as you like.

Before you start, please read this

Who is asking. This form is run by Indigo Girl Foundation, a registered non-profit organisation in South Africa, backed by a pro bono legal team. This will be contributing to legal action that will be taken against the institutions. Our Information Officer is Indigo Haddington, and you can reach her at indigo@indigogirlfoundation.com.

What we are asking for. Only what is on this page:

  • How to reach you
  • Your province
  • The capacity you are coming forward in
  • If you choose to, what happened to you, when, and whether it went to the police, the prosecutors or a court

Why we ask what happened. We are collecting accounts as evidence for the legal action against the institutions that failed women. What you tell us about your experience is sensitive information. We use it only for that legal action. It is read only by our own team and the pro bono lawyers working on the case, and we never publish it or give it to the media. We hold it only if you tick the separate box that says you agree.

Please do not send dockets, case numbers, medical records or photographs. We only ask whether you have a case number, not what it is.

It is voluntary. You do not have to fill this in and you do not have to answer every question. If you leave out a way to reach you, we cannot reply to you. That is the only consequence.

Your rights, and how to complain
  • You may ask us to confirm what personal information we hold about you, free of charge.
  • You may ask us to correct or delete anything inaccurate, irrelevant, excessive or out of date.
  • You may object to our processing, and you may withdraw consent at any time.
  • Only our own team sees this, and only those who need to. We do not sell your details, we do not give them to donors, and we do not give them to the media.
  • You may complain to the Information Regulator of South Africa, JD House, 27 Stiemens Street, Braamfontein, Johannesburg, 2001, on Form 5.
  • Our Information Officer is Indigo Haddington. Write to indigo@indigogirlfoundation.com to ask what we hold, to correct it, or to have it deleted.
I am here as

A first name is plenty. It does not have to be your real one.

One of the two is enough. Whichever is safer for you.

If someone else can see your phone or your email, tell us and we will keep it neutral.

If one of them is watched and the other is not, tell us which.

Optional. Good times to call, for instance. If you want to tell us what happened, there is a separate place for that below.

Submitting this does not make anyone your lawyer, does not guarantee representation, and does not begin legal proceedings.