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Table 14. Proportion of facilities that address the gender appropriateness of servicesby province.Activities to improve genderappropriateness of treatmentFree State(N = 7)Limpopo(N = 2)Mpumalanga(N = 3)NorthWestNorthernCapeOverall(N = 16)(N = 2) (N = 2)N % N % N % N % N % N %Gender appropriate assessment 3 42.9 2 100.0 2 66.7 2 100.0 2 100.0 11 68.8Gender appropriate therapy 6 85.7 1 50.0 2 66.7 2 100.0 1 50.0 12 75.0Women-focused treatment 0 0 0 0 1 33.3 0 0 0 0 1 6.3servicesServices addressing women’s 6 85.7 2 100.0 1 33.3 0 0 2 100.0 11 68.8issuesTraining: gender-related issues 4 57.1 2 100.0 0 0 0 0 2 100.0 8 50.0Child care services/facilities 3 42.9 0 0 0 0 2 100.0 2 100.0 7 43.83.8.3. Age appropriateness of treatment servicesThree quarter of the facilities report using age appropriate assessment instruments, andemploy staff trained to work with adolescents and young people (Figure 22). More than80.0% of the facilities report providing counselling services that are age anddevelopmentally appropriate, and conduct family-focused interventions. Just over half offacilities provide family reunification services for adolescent clients (56.3%), and adaptthe facility environment to ensure the safety of young people (56.3%) (Figure 22). Asmall proportion of facilities provide adolescent-focused/adolescent-only treatmentservices (37.5%).57