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South Africa’s Child Support Grant and the dignity of female caregivers
(Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies, University of the Western Cape, 2014)
The Child Support Grant (CSG) is social assistance for children with low income caregivers. It is
currently paid at the rate of R310 per month and there are more than 11 million child
beneficiaries. Almost all (98%) of ...
Poverty erodes dignity: perspectives of low income female caregivers in South Africa
(Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies, University of the Western Cape, 2014)
The Universal Declaration of Human Rights introduces the recognition of the inherent dignity of
all people as a foundation of freedom, justice and peace in the world. Dignity plays a prominent
role in South Africa’s ...
Identification of HIV and AIDS-related competencies for nurse graduates in South Africa
(AFAHPER-SD, 2014)
Three decades after the discovery of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), the global community has not been able to halt the epidemic of HIV infection. Various organisations have devised a number of policies and guidelines ...
Substance abuse and maxillofacial injuries
(South African Dental Association, 2014)
Some of the major causes of maxillofacial injuries are assault/
inter-personal violence (IPV), motor vehicle accidents
(MVAs), work-related injuries, sporting accidents and falls.
However, the epidemiological data for ...
Prisons, the law and overcrowding
(Wits University Press, 2014)
This chapter is about a long-standing problem in the South African criminal justice sector that, despite an overhaul of the prison legislation after the enactment of the final Constitution, continues, twenty years on, to ...
South African Human Rights Commission, 2014 - report on the Rights of Access to Sufficient Water and Sanitation
(ESR Review : Economic and Social Rights in South Africa, 2014)
On 11 March 2014, the South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) launched a long-awaited report, titled 'Water and Sanitation, Life and Dignity: Accountability to People who are Poor'. It highlights the constitutional ...
The potential of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights as a tool for poverty reduction in South Africa
(ESR Review, 2014)
Together the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
(ICESCR; hereafter ‘the Covenant’) represent the fundamental human rights commitments ...
The role of social security in respecting and protecting the dignity of lone mothers in South Africa: Summary of findings and recommendations
(Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies, University of the Western Cape, 2014)
This study explored lone mothers’ experiences of social security in South
Africa in terms of whether it protects and respects their dignity. Interviews
were undertaken with almost two hundred low income lone mothers ...
Social security and the dignity of lone mothers in South Africa
(Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies, University of the Western Cape, 2014)
This working paper forms part of a project entitled ‘Lone Mothers in South Africa:
The role of social security in respecting and protecting dignity’. The project originates from
research undertaken for the South African ...
The impact of poverty and inequality on the dignity of lone mothers in South Africa
(Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies, University of the Western Cape, 2014)
The purpose of this themed working paper is to explore lone mothers’ accounts of what dignity
means in the context of their lives and how the experience of poverty and inequality impacts on
their sense of dignity. This ...