The implementation of children's rights has been accorded priority status by South Africa's Government of National Unity. The most important domestic legislative instrument for the protection of children is the Child Care Act 74 of 1983. In June 1995 and February 1996 amendments were proposed to ...
This article examines assumptions about the provision of support for children and young people in child-headed households in sub-Saharan Africa. The South African example is used to assess appropriate family- and community-based support and assistance. The South African Children's Act proposes that ...
This paper considers the ongoing political transformations in South Africa in the context of debates about good governance and participatory democracy. It ... C Mcewan - 《Geoforum》 被引量: 99发表: 2003年 Implementation of the Mental Health Care Act (2002) at district hospitals in South Africa...
Almost 30% of pregnant women attending public health clinics in South Africa are HIV positive; which represents approximately 280000 women each year. South Africa has the largest antiretroviral therapy programme in the world with over 2.7 million people on treatment in 2013. Since its belated and ...
year and this has potential to impact the wellbeing of children. Short and long-term consequences include sexual abuse and exploitation, self-harm, excessive use of alcohol and harmful drugs. This paper discusses the association between childhood adversity and child sexual exploitation (CSE) in ...
Weiner,Jonathan - 《Scandinavian Journal of Primary Health Care》 被引量: 13发表: 1988年 Assessment of oral health promotion services offered as part of maternal and child health services in the Tshwane Health District, Pretoria, South Africa The study aimed to assess the oral health promotion ...
UPDATED ADVISORY: REQUIREMENTS FOR CHILDREN TRAVELLING THROUGH SOUTH AFRICAN PORTS OF ENTRY Revised: November 2019 The requirements for children travelling to or from the Republic of South Africa are aimed at giving effect to the Children's Act, 2005. 1. APPLICATION O...
The so-called “Home Children” (Harrison, 1979), for instance, was a relocation scheme where more than 100,000 children were sent by governmental foundations for the poor and charities from the United Kingdom to Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and South Africa as cheap migrant workers. This...
This study explored how employed caregivers experience the interface between child care, parental control and child rights in the context of Children’s Homes in Ghana. The focus was on investigating caregiver perceptions of proper child care, their expe
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