New CI publications
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Growing up in a time of AIDS: A children’s
radio-documentary project
This CD-ROM contains a series of
Zulu and English radio programmes produced by young children from northern
KwaZulu-Natal about their experiences growing up amidst extensive poverty, a
legacy of under-resourced or absent service provision, and a burgeoning HIV
epidemic. The programmes are available in audio only, or as flash files with
photographs and translation into English.
Click here to access the radio programmes.
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Grants for children: A brief look at the
eligibility and take-up of the Child Support Grant and other cash grants
Leatt A
Children’s Institute Working Paper Number 5, June 2006
This working paper examines the
take-up of grants for children, using reports of the administrative database of
the Department of Social Development. It presents data on the Foster Child
Grant, the Care Dependency Grant and in particular the Child Support Grant,
which is reaching the largest number of children in need of income support. It
also presents estimates on the number of children eligible to receive the Child
Support Grant, as well as barriers to accessing this grant experienced by
children and their caregivers.
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Making a case for child survival in South
Africa’s 'Age of Hope'
Abrahams K
Children’s Institute Working Paper Number 4, May 2006
This working paper provides a comprehensive understanding of child deaths in
the country by describing the magnitude of the child death rate, the causes of
these deaths and the contributory factors that fuel the number of deaths. It
also aims to identify key challenges, and to develop an agenda for action that
will be taken forward with key stakeholders. An important premise of the paper
is the application of a child rights framework to notions of child survival.
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Children Count – Abantwana Babalulekile fact sheets
The Children Count – Abantwana Babalulekile Project fact sheets are
aimed at informing the
government and civil
society about the
situation of South
Africa’s children. This
is done by presenting
child-centred data and
commentary on several
socio-economic indictors
in accessible formats
for a wide range of
audiences. The following
fact sheets are
available to order or
could be accessed on the
CI web site:
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Facts about child deaths in South Africa (2006)
Abrahams K & Berry L
This fact sheet provides the
reader with an overview of child deaths in South Africa. It presents a profile
of child deaths, including the number and causes, and aims to raise awareness
about why child deaths should concern every duty-bearer in the country. It was
jointly produced with the Child Health Services Programme.
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Facts about children and housing in South Africa
(2006)
Hall K
There is a lack of information
about children’s housing conditions in South Africa, and the government’s
housing policy pays little attention to the rights and needs of children. This
fact sheet outlines the housing situation of children in South Africa in an
attempt to inform government and civil society about the status of this
socio-economic indicator.
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Facts about up-take of the Child Support Grant
(January 2006)
Leatt A
This fact sheet presents information and data on the take-up of the Child
Support Grant since its extension to all poor children under 14 years,
including the number of eligible children that are yet to be reached by this
grant. It also provides information and commentary on a range of barriers to
access experienced by such eligible children and their caregivers.
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Project 28 working papers
In 2004, the Children’s Institute
initiated Project 28 to promote debate on and understanding of the meaning of
children’s socio-economic rights. The production of working papers is one of
the methods used to further the project’s aims. Two new working papers have
recently been produced:
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Child Rights at the Core: A commentary on the use of international law in South African
court cases on children’s socio-economic rights
Rosa S & Dutschke M, May 2006
Defining children’s constitutional right to social services
Dutschke M, July 2006
The first working paper explores the pivotal role of the Courts in giving content and meaning to children’s rights through the considered use of international law. The paper engages critically with the Courts’ use or non-use of international law in judgments affecting children’s socio-economic rights.
The second working paper elaborates on the meaning of children’s right to social services in section 28 (1) (c) of the Bill of Rights. This right is somewhat neglected in policy and law and only two legal writers have written about its meaning. The working paper provides a useful analysis of the meaning of the right to highlight its importance and to assess whether new law and policy such as the Children’s Act adequately further the endeavour towards full realisation of this right.
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