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@article{183029,
        author = {Muhlahlo Jere and Prof. P. Sanyasi Naidu},
        title = {DEVELOPMENT OF A GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE CASE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT},
        journal = {International Journal of Innovative Research in Technology},
        year = {2025},
        volume = {12},
        number = {3},
        pages = {107-116},
        issn = {2349-6002},
        url = {https://ijirt.org/article?manuscript=183029},
        abstract = {Gender-Based Violence (GBV) remains pervasive across the globe and carries along with it tremendous negative consequences for survivors physically, mentally, and financially. In many African countries, law enforcement plays a crucial role in combating crimes that include GBV cases. Individuals living in urban areas and rural areas naturally report all cases to them and decisions are made depending on the magnitude of the case. This entails that law enforcement is the point of initiation for nearly all cases be it criminal, civil and GBV cases. This study realises that and aims to develop a secure, web-based GBV Case Management System specifically intended for law enforcement use. The technology is intended to operate in a private network and empower the police to register, monitor, and analyze GBV occurrences in real time. It interoperates, via secured-APIs, with major external stakeholders, such as judicially, health care, and social service organizations, to access only the data that has been whitelisted to them. It implements role-based access controls for security and to ensure confidentiality. The system implements case manipulation from the point of registration to the point of its conclusion supporting offline data entry where network is poor and synchronizing to a central database once network connectivity is restored. The proposal showed positive responses from the general public, law enforcers and various stake holders of the people of Malawi, with the absence of this system posing as a great challenge from policy makers and commander to efficiently allocate resources towards the cause.},
        keywords = {Gender-Based Violence (GBV), Case Management System, Law Enforcement, Interagency Coordination, Real-Time Analytics},
        month = {July},
        }