South Africa and Children and young people
- Capital:
Pretoria - Population:
49000000 - Size:
1219912.0 Km2
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- Recommendations for state support for orphans and vulnerable children, South Africa
- H. Meintjes; D. Budlender; S. Giese; J. Johnson / Medical Research Council, South Africa, 2004
- This paper argues that the existing state security provision is not a sufficient mechanism to support poor orphans and vulnerable children. A review is currently under way of children's legislation in South Africa: the authors critica...
- Caring for children affected by HIV and AIDS: which approaches work best?
- L. Richter; J. Manegold; R. Pather / Human Sciences Research Council, South Africa, 2004
- This report, produced by the Human Sciences Research Council of South Africa, reviews the effectiveness of current programmes for children affected by HIV and AIDS. It begins by identifying and defining key groups of vulnerable childr...
- Benefits for orphans fail to address pervasive poverty among South African children
- H. Meintjes; D. Budlender; S. Giese; L. Johnson / Children's Institute, University of Cape Town, 2003
- The South African debate on social security provision for children in the context of the HIV/AIDS pandemic has focussed primarily on different mechanisms for giving cash grants to children who have been orphaned. This paper draws on a...
- Caring for children affected by HIV/AIDS in Southern Africa: best practice principles
- A. Strebel / Human Sciences Research Council, South Africa, 2004
- There is widespread recognition of the urgency of addressing the problem of orphans and vulnerable children (OVC) in the context of the HIV/AIDS epidemic in sub-Saharan Africa, and a number of programmes have been implemented towards ...
- Practical examples of child justice in Africa
- J. Sloth-Nielsen; J. Gallinetti / Community Law Centre, University of the Western Cape, 2004
- [File size 97910Kb] This manual presents innovative examples of applied local practices of child justice in Africa. The topics mainly relate to programme delivery, to the expansion of services to children and to integrating hum...
- Overview of South African children’s right’s review
- J. Streak / Institute for Democracy in South Africa, 2004
- This Budget Brief provides an overview of IDASA’s study evaluating the South African government’s programming and budgeting in relation to the unqualified socio-economic rights afforded children in the South African Constitu...
- South African post-Apartheid childcare reaches many poor children
- A. Case; V. Hosegood; F. Lund / Southern African Regional Poverty Network, 2003
- This article examines changes in social welfare policies in South Africa after Apartheid. The authors examine the government’s new Child Support Grant programme using data collected at a demographic surveillance site in KwaZulu-N...
- Increased sexual violence and lack of HIV awareness prevalent in South African pupils
- N. Andersson; A. Ho-Foster; J. Mathis; N. Marokoane; V. Mashiane; S. Mhatre; S. Mitchell; S. Monasta; N. Ngxowa; M. Salcedo; H. Sonnekus / British Medical Journal, 2004
- This study, published in the BMJ, investigates the views of South African school pupils (aged 10 – 19) on sexual violence and on the risk of HIV infection and AIDS, as well as on their experiences of sexual violence. Findings rev...
- Importance of a gender perspective in understanding child labour
- T. Kolomiyets / International Programme on the Elimination of Child Labour, 2004
- This report provides an analysis of child labour disaggregated by sex. It reviews existing child labour data, specifically from a gender perspective, and provides a detailed review of and comparison between six countries, Ecuador, Gha...
- Exposure to life skills education leads to increased condom use among South African youth
- Population Council, USA, 2004
- This article, published in 'Horizons' by the Population Council, looks at the impact of a life skills programme in South Africa, which aimed to help youth protect themselves against HIV infection and safeguard their reproductive healt...
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