Essays about: "Child Support Grant"

Found 4 essays containing the words Child Support Grant.

  1. 1. Do cash transfers have the ability to empower women? A case study on the Child Support Grant in South Africa

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Thea Holmlund; Saga Sohlman; [2016]
    Keywords : intra-household bargaining power; cash transfers; South Africa; empowerment of women; child support; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : Cash transfer programs have been shown to be a successful tool in reducing poverty by multinational impact analysis. However, if they are able to affect gender dynamics remains a debated topic. READ MORE

  3. 2. The Right to Social Security : South Africa in Between Rights and Relief

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Teologiska institutionen

    Author : Stefan Granlund; [2015]
    Keywords : Social protection; human rights; South Africa; universalism; targeting; development; gender; poverty; inequality; cash transfers; social justice; Child Support Grant; social security;

    Abstract : Social protection has become an important tool in efforts to eradicate poverty in developing countries and also risen strongly on the global development agenda the last decade. This thesis will look at different approaches to social protection and their relation to the human right to social security with South Africa as a case study. READ MORE

  4. 3. Gendered poverty: An exploratory study of the Child Support Grant in Johannesburg

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Sociologi

    Author : Josefine Nordgren; [2013]
    Keywords : Social Sciences;

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  5. 4. Perception on Support Provided to Orphan Children in Foster Care Placement in an Urban City of Windhoek (Namibia)

    University essay from Tema Barn; Filosofiska fakulteten

    Author : Brigitte Nshimyimana; [2008]
    Keywords : Perception; support; orphan children; foster care placement; Urban setting; Windhoek-Namibia;

    Abstract : The overall aim of this study is to investigate the perception of support provided to orphan children in foster care placement in terms of education, care and support as well as protection by orphan children themselves, foster parents and social workers. Due to HIV/AIDS many children are being orphaned and are left behind without any visible means of support. READ MORE