This assistance is designed to help people cope with their trauma, provide strategies for protecting themselves and their families, and make the necessary plans to achieve safety and stability. The minister emphasised the need for collaboration and co-operation at the national, community and individual levels in order to reduce and abate GBV, calling for a holistic approach that went beyond the government to include churches, NGOs, trade unions, the healthcare sector and others. These include (but are not limited to): lack of special DVUs or mechanisms; inadequate psychological support services for abusers; lack of legal aid services and victim support programmes; insufficient shelter, psychological and legal counselling and education support services; lack of sufficient preparation by healthcare providers to collect and present medical/legal evidence; lack of sufficient co-ordination between the medical, law enforcement, social services and justice sectors; and prevalence of stigma, discrimination, victim blaming and gender inequality.