South Africa and Children and young people
- Capital:
Pretoria - Population:
49000000 - Size:
1219912.0 Km2
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- Child headed households in Port Elizabeth, South Africa
- D. van Dijk / African Studies Centre / Afrika Studiecentrum, Leiden University, 2008
- The study concentrates on the capabilities of children and young people to cope in child-headed households in Port Elizabeth, South Africa. In contrast to the dominant view of these children as vulnerable and in need of protection and...
- Understanding the meaning of vulnerability in the development context in South Africa and Malawi
- M. Casale; S. Drimie; S. Gillepsie / International Food Policy Research Institute, 2008
- This research brief aims to highlight the key purpose, results and arguments from a research study aimed at understanding the meaning of vulnerability in the development context in South Africa and Malawi. Specifically, the study aims...
- An assessment of job creation ventures in South Africa
- A. Bernstien (ed) / Centre for Development and Enterprise, South Africa, 2008
- Unemployment of young people aged between 15 and 24 is South Africa's primary policy challenge, and there have been various job creation schemes. This paper reports on a research project aimed at surveying and assessing current job cr...
- How effectively do National Plans of Action address the needs of the youngest orphans and vulnerable children?
- P. Engle / Bernard van Leer Foundation, 2008
- Although it is recognised that the focus of support must be on all children made vulnerable by HIV and AIDS, including those living with sick parents or in extreme poverty, the youngest are often invisible to programme planners, despi...
- Conditional cash transfers for South African children
- F. Lund; M. Noble; H. Barnes; G. Wright / School of Development Studies, University of Kwazulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa, 2008
- This paper assesses the rationale behind Conditional Cash Transfers (CCT) in South Africa. It looks at evidence of the reach and impact of major CCT programmes, particularly in Latin America, and the Child Support Grant (CSG) in South...
- Progress made in treating children with AIDS and preventing mother to child transmission of HIV
- Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS, 2008
- This United Nations report shows progress in treating children with AIDS and preventing mother-to-child transmission (PMTCT) of HIV, but urges greater efforts to stem the tide of the global epidemic. The report examines progress and c...
- What is the role of fathers in South Africa?
- L. Richter; R. Morrell / Human Sciences Research Council, South Africa, 2006
- What do we know about fathers in South Africa, what their roles are and what they should try to encourage? This large online book outlines how there is a difference between fathers and fatherhood. Fatherhood is not in fact a biologica...
- Where needs are greatest: measuring municipal-level child deprivation in South Africa
- H. Barnes; G. Wright; M. Noble / The Centre for the Analysis of South African Social Policy, 2008
- Since 1994, the government of South Africa has committed itself to protecting child rights and reducing child poverty. Its child poverty strategy is guided by the Constitution, other legislation and the National Programme of Action fo...
- Recognising variations in childcare for AIDS orphans
- K. Caroline; C. Don / Centre for Social Science Research, University of Cape Town (UCT), South Africa, 2007
- Although caring for children orphaned by AIDS is increasingly acknowledged as a priority area for HIV/AIDS and development programs, there is limited knowledge on caregivers. This paper by HEARD explores dominant theoretical and polic...
- Taking a qualitative look at the Child Support Grant in South Africa
- N. Hunter; M. Adato / School of Development Studies, University of Kwazulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa, 2007
- Over recent years the Child Support Grant (CSG) has become the ‘biggest’ of the South African social assistance grants in terms of the numbers of beneficiaries. It is a monthly payment by the South African government of R2...
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