2026
Application for Convening partner officials to organise an
End GBVF 100-Day Challenge
We are glad that you are interested in organising a 100-Day Challenge to accelerate progress towards ending gender-based violence and femicide in your community. This page provides background on the program, and it includes a first step in the application process.
Courts and Municipalities
Application form submission
TVET
Application form submission
Overall context of the Programme
Purpose
Build capacity of municipalities, magistrate courts, Universities, TVET colleges, Department of Social Development (DSD) and other government institutions to organise multi-stakeholder collective efforts that move the needle on specific impact and outcome indicators related to the National Strategic Plan (NSP) to end Gender-Based Violence and Femicide (GBVF).
Time Frame
This is part of a multi-year effort to end gender-based violence and femicide in our country. Your participation will build on the successful 100-Day Challenges that have been organised since 2021. The applications for the 2026 roll-out will open in November and run until January 2026.
Partnership
The programme is part of the End GBVF Collective and coordinated and organised by the World of Impact and Eish-Impact Africa in partnership with COGTA, SALGA, DOJ & CD, DHET, DSD, DPME and DWYPD.
The programme is supported by the Ford Foundation.
Measuring Impact
Each 100-Day Challenge will have its own impact-measuring mechanism. In the aggregate, the impact of 100-Day Challenges and other GBVF-related collective efforts will be tracked through a national GBVF Dashboard. The Dashboard is part of the End GBVF Collective and coordinated by the NSP Pillar 6 team.
When does the training start?
The Premier’s offices in your province will coordinate the training in 2026. The dates are:
Gauteng
27 – 27 February 2026
Limpopo
2 – 3 March 2026
Mpumalanga
5 – 6 March 2026
Western Cape
13 – 14 April 2026
Eastern Cape
16 – 17 April 2026
KwaZulu Natal
20 – 21 April 2026
North-West
18 – 19 May 2026
Northern Cape
21 – 22 May 2026
Freestate
25 – 26 May 2026
The Application Process
The application details below will answer the following questions.
How does the capacity-building programme work?
Who can apply?
What if I am not an official from a convening partner?
How much will the programme cost?
What is the time commitment for the programmes?
Application submission
At the end of the page, you will find the online application form and the MOA to be signed and uploaded once you receive a confirmation email.
How does the Capacity Building Programme work?
The capacity-building programme aims to activate the National Strategic Plan (NSP) at the local level: in courts, municipalities, TVETs / Universities and associated community-based organisations.
This is done through organising End GBVF 100-Day Challenges — collective efforts that help move the needle on specific impact and outcome indicators related to the NSP.
Applications or Interest
Anyone with some convening authority in a municipality, magistrate court, TVET/University, DSD or any other government entity can initiate the process. For example, a member of a Gender Forum who is passionate about ending GBVF may introduce the idea of launching a 100-Day Challenge to colleagues in leadership positions within their institution. If there is interest in proceeding, an official from the convening partners (e.g. municipality, magistrate court, TVET/Universities or DSD) in a leadership position applies as a Challenge Strategist and signs an MOU, and the process can begin. The senior leader will also select a Team Coach (previously called Ambassadors) to join them on the learning journey.
Setting up the 100-Day Challenge
The journey will start with the Challenge Strategist and Team Coach doing a short 2-day face-to-face orientation programme that will equip them with all they need to get an End GBVF 100-Day Challenge underway. After the orientation, the Challenge Strategist consults with others in their local system and, together with them, decides on an area of focus for the 100-Day Challenge (typically one of the NSP impact indicators), assembles a team to work on this area of focus for 100 days.
Implementing the Challenge
The Team Coach supports the Challenge Strategist in setting up the challenge, followed by an online learning program enabling them to guide the team through their 100 days of action. The team will set a highly ambitious 100-day goal, and it will pursue this goal relentlessly over a period of 100 days.
Amplification and Institutionalisation
Once the 100 days are over, the Challenge Strategist and Team Coach guide the other leaders on ways to amplify, scale and institutionalise the impact that the team created.
Who can apply?
Individuals in the following positions would be the most appropriate participants to apply for the development programme. However, others with convening authority can also initiate the process and engage with the convening partners (Municipalities, Magistrates’ Courts, PSETs/Universities or DSD) to identify the most appropriate official to apply. The Challenge Strategist and Team coach must complete the online application below, including signing the MOA.
Municipalities
Challenge Strategist
Portfolio lead officials with gender as a key responsibility or a Municipal Manager
Team Coach
Gender Focal person or an official task with gender initiatives in the municipality.
TVETs/University
Challenge Strategist
Principal | Deputy Principal Academic | Student Support Manager | Registrar
Team Coach
Student support officer or a staff member who is tasked with gender initiatives.
Magistrate Courts
Challenge Strategist
Regional Court Presidents | Chief Magistrates | Area court managers | Heads of sub-administration regions | Head of Courts | NPA -Chief or Senior Prosecutors.
Team Coach
Any court officer with the attributes of a team coach could be a magistrate, court manager, or prosecutor, for example.
DSD
Challenge Strategist
This could be a Director responsible for Service like Vulnerable groups etc.
Team Coach
Any official within DSD responsible for the delivery of social welfare services.
- The skills and experience that participants will gain in the programme will enable them to organise and support other collective action efforts in their systems.
- These skills include adaptive leadership, strategic thinking, empowering teams, coaching, digital literacy, building resilience, agile project management, networking and relationship building.
- The programme is facilitated by the World of Impact, a movement and capacity building company, and Eish-Impact Africa, a non-profit organisation that high- performance mindset to the social sector.
What if I am not an official from a convening partner?
Although the programme aims to build the capacity of officials inside municipalities, magistrate courts, TVETs/Universities and DSD, setting up and implementing a 100-Day Challenge requires multi-stakeholder collective efforts to move the needle on GBVF impact indicators. The following paths are available for stakeholders who are not officials from one of the convening partners to initiate the process in their community.
Engage a local official to apply
You can initiate the process by engaging with a convening partner to identify the most appropriate official to apply. For example, you may be an NGO in a Gender Forum. In this Forum, you can discuss the community’s participation in End GBVF 100-Day Challenges and see if colleagues in leadership positions from the convening partners are interested in proceeding with the online application.
If you need support convincing them to apply, click below to email us for help or advice. You can also email us to find out if a convening organisation in your community has already applied and how to contact them.
Initiate a Maturity Challenge
You can also initiate a GBVF Maturity 30-Day Challenge for your organisation. This 30-day project helps organisations rapidly improve their GBVF maturity by focusing on one behaviour, practice, or policy at a time. It is modelled after the 100-Day Challenge approach, just simpler and even faster!
The process starts with your organisation registering for the End GBVF Health Check survey and staff completing the first survey. Leaders will then get access to a step-by-step online guide on organising GBVF maturity 30-Day Challenges, along with dedicated office hours with gurus on the process.
Once the convening partner joins the programme, you can be part of the Leadership discussion in the Gender forum or other platforms to select the focus areas, team and process facilitator. You could also volunteer to be part of the 100-Day team that will set the 100-day Goal, develop the work plan and implement their plan.
How much will the Programme cost?
These programmes for Challenge Strategists and Team Coaches are supported by the Ford Foundation in 2026, so the cost of the capacity-building programmes in 2026 is zero.
All costs related to the face-to-face programme and online guides are fully covered, except for venue hire, catering, and participants travel to and from the venue. Participants are also required to sign a Declaration of Commitment before joining the programme.
100-Day Implementation: Leaders of the convening entity (e.g. Municipality, TVET College/University, Magistrate Court, or DSD) are expected to cover the logistical expenses for the 100-Day Challenge workshops facilitated by the Team Coach, and to allocate a budget to support the implementation of the 100-Day Team’s work plan — with an estimated contribution of R25,000. Entities are encouraged to align their current GBVF intervention and event budgets (e.g. 16 days of activism; Women’s Month) to make provisions to support the 100-Day Teams.
What is the time commitment for the Development Programmes?
Senior Leaders
Development Programme
"Challenge Strategist"
Once an MOU is signed, the official in a senior leadership position participates in a short orientation and guidance programme on organising End GBVF 100-Day Challenges in their entity.
Time commitment: Average 1 hour per week
- Face-to-face Programme – 2 days
- Face-to-face session with peers – 1 day
- Online programme guide – total of 5 hours, spread over a 2-3 week period.
- Guiding the Ambassador and the Team – average 1 hour per week, for 100-Days
Process Facilitators
"Team Coach"
Development Programme
Get selected by leaders
The Team Coach gets a step-by-step online guide on supporting End GBVF 100-Day Challenge teams, along with office hour calls with experienced 100-Day Challenge Gurus. Each Team Coach is expected to support at least two 100-Day Challenge teams.
Time commitment: Average 2-3 hours per week
- Face-to-face programme – 2 days
- Workshops and support over the 100-Day period:
- Learning via the online guide – 2 hours per week.
- Facilitating Workshops with the Teams: 3 days total, over 100 days.
- Supporting the teams outside of Workshops: average 1.5 hours per week.
Get ready for 2026
Courts and Municipalities
Application form submission
TVET
Application form submission
For more information, contact the Programme Team
General enquiries: Info@theworldofimpact.org
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