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Housing rights of "slum" dwellers at stake : case review
(ESR Review : Economic and Social Rights in South Africa, 2009)On 27 January 2009, the High Court (Durban and Coast Local Division) handed down judgment in the Slums Act case. The case concerned a controversial piece of legislation, the KwaZulu-Natal Elimination and Prevention of ... -
How are gender equality and human rights interventions included in sexual and reproductive health programmes and policies: a systematic review of existing research foci and gaps
(Public Library of Science, 2016)The importance of promoting gender equality and human rights in sexual and reproductive health (SRH) programmes and policies has been affirmed in numerous international and regional agreements, most recently the 2030 ... -
How are gender equality and human rights interventions included in sexual and reproductive health programmes and policies: A systematic review of existing research foci and gaps
(Public Library of Science, 2016)The importance of promoting gender equality and human rights in sexual and reproductive health (SRH) programmes and policies has been affirmed in numerous international and regional agreements, most recently the 2030 Agenda ... -
How are gender inequalities facing India’s one million ASHAs being addressed? Policy origins and adaptations for the world’s largest all-female community health worker programme
(Human Resources for Health, 2019)Background: India’s accredited social health activist (ASHA) programme consists of almost one million female community health workers (CHWs). Launched in 2005, there is now an ASHA in almost every village and across many ... -
How can community engagement in health research be strengthened for infectious disease outbreaks in Sub-Saharan Africa? A scoping review of the literature
(BMC, 2021)Community engagement (CE) is a well-established practical and scholarly field, recognised as core to the science and ethics of health research, for which researchers and practitioners have increasingly asked questions about ... -
How can we promote a range of livelihood opportunities through land redistribution?
(Institute for Poverty Land and Agrarian Studies (PLAAS), 2019)This position paper sketches an approach to improving land redistribution in South Africa in which the broad aim is to use redistribution to create a range of livelihood opportunities, in meaningful numbers, in proportion ... -
How clinicians experience a simulated antiretroviral therapy adherence exercise: A qualitative study
(AOSIS, 2018)BACKGROUND: With the shift of paediatric antiretroviral therapy (ART) from tertiary to primary health care, there has been a need to train clinicians working in primary health care facilities to support adherence to ... -
How do I comment ethically on the work of colleagues?
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How do we get the community gardening? Grassroots perspectives from urban gardeners in Cape Town, South Africa
(Taylor and Francis Group, 2023)Urban agriculture offers numerous environmental, economic, and socialbenefits. However, it is often hampered by limited engagement in cities of theglobal South. This article offers bottom-up perspectives on how to increasethe ... -
How equitable is the scaling up of HIV service provision in South Africa?
(Health and Medical Publishing Group, 2005)OBJECTIVES. To assess the extent of inequalities in availability and utilisation of HIV services across South Africa. DESIGN. Cross-sectional descriptive study. Setting. Three districts reflecting different socio-econ ... -
How gender is socially constructed in policy making processes: a case study of the adolescent and youth health policy in South Africa
(International Journal for Equity in Health, 2023)Background: Gender equality remains an outstanding global priority, more than 25 years after the landmark Beijing Platform for Action. The disconnect between global health policy intentions and implementation is shaped by ... -
How institutional forces, ideas and actors shaped population health planning in Australian regional primary health care organisations
(BioMed Central, 2018)BACKGROUND: Worldwide, there are competing norms driving health system changes and reorganisation. One such norm is that of health systems’ responsibilities for population health as distinct from a focus on clinical ... -
How invariant is South African child poverty to the choice of equivalence scale or poverty measure?
(Stellenbosch University, 2008)This paper offers evidence on the sensitivity of child poverty in South Africa to changes in the Adult Equivalence Scale (AES) and updates the child poverty profile based on the Income and Expenditure Survey 2005/06. ... -
How language challenges affect the behaviour of immigrant learners in the foundation phase at three schools in Gauteng, South Africa
(AOSIS, 2020)The education of immigrant children is influenced by many factors that emanate from global socio-economic and political issues. In the South African education system, teachers do not have guidelines on how to include ... -
How loud is too loud? Competing rights to religious freedom and property and the Muslim call to prayer (adhan or azan) in South Africa
(MPDI, 2021)This article approaches the position of the call to prayer (adhan or azan) in South Africa from the perspective of both legislation and case law. Although only an unamplified adhan has religious status in Islam, Muslim ... -
How loud is too loud? Competing rights to religious freedom and property and the Muslim call to prayer (Adhan or Azan) in South Africa
(MPDI, 2021)This article approaches the position of the call to prayer (adhan or azan) in South Africa from the perspective of both legislation and case law. Although only an unamplified adhan has religious status in Islam, Muslim ... -
How many species of angulate tortoises occur in Southern Africa? (Testudines: Testudinidae: Chersina)
(Wiley-Blackwell, 2020)Using range-wide sampling and 1,143 bp of mtDNA (cytochrome b gene) and 14 microsatellite loci, we examined genetic differentiation in the widely distributed Southern African angulate tortoise (Chersina angulata). We found ... -
How much leaf area do insects eat? A data set of insect herbivory sampled globally with a standardized protocol
(Ecological Society of America, 2021)Herbivory is ubiquitous. Despite being a potential driver of plant distribution and performance, herbivory remains largely undocumented. Some early attempts have been made to review, globally, how much leaf area is removed ... -
How open data and interdisciplinary collaboration improve our understanding of space weather: A risk and resiliency perspective
(Frontiers Media, 2022)Space weather refers to conditions around a star, like our Sun, and its interplanetary space that may affect space- and ground-based assets as well as human life. Space weather can manifest as many different phenomena, often ... -
‘How participatory institutions deepen democracy through broadening representation: the case of participatory budgeting in Porto Alegre, Brazil’
(Berghahn, 2014-06)Abstract: At the same time as democracy has ‘triumphed’ in most of the world, it leaves many unsatisfied at the disjuncture between the democratic ideal and its practical expression. Participatory practices and institutions, ...