Gender-based violence (GBV) is one of the most severe social challenges confronting South African society. The purpose of the study was to explore the psychosocial impact of gender-based violence among silenced and ...
The growing number of elderly people worldwide, including Africa, underscores the importance of policies pertaining to the welfare of this group. This study aims to deepen an understanding of the welfare of elderly women ...
Bayane, Percyval(Community, Work & Family, 2021-04-28)
Domestic work constitutes a large sector, with more than a
million women working as domestic workers. In South Africa, it
is a norm that whites employ black women as domestic
servants, but with the demise of apartheid, ...
The challenge of accessing affordable healthcare services in the developing countries prompted
the promotion of community-based health insurance (CBHI) as an effective alternative. CBHI
has been implemented in many ...
This paper provides an account of a failed attempt to transform the teacher education curriculum
in the Faculty of Education at a historically white university in South Africa. Based on a larger
study, the paper argues ...
It is widely acknowledged that poverty has declined globally over the last few years. In fact, this
idea has become so ingrained in our society that it is almost taken for granted and assumed as
an incontestable fact. ...
This study to meant to determine the extent to which the Zimbabwean women in the small-scale business sector depended on their social capital to make it. The primary question of the study was: What is the significance of ...
This thesis explores questions of gender equality in social welfare theory; methodologies;
approaches and policymaking in the Global South in the context of land reforms. This stems
from the realisation that gender ...
This study investigated and evaluated the success and impact of the foodstuff package intervention that is offered by SOS Children’s Villages to households affected by HIV and AIDS. The study population comprised households ...
The thesis focuses on the social policy dimension of Zimbabwe’s Fast Track Land Reform Programme (FTLRP). Interrogating land reform in the context of Transformative Social Policy (TSP) is a critical lacuna in Zimbabwe’s ...
The victimization of women and children represents one of the public health problems deserving urgent attention in Ethiopia, making the prevention of rape in all its forms a matter of vital importance.
The purpose of the ...
The study was an exploration of how internal savings and lending (ISAL) influenced the way in which persons affected by HIV and AIDS earned and spent income. The researcher engaged with the life stories of participants ...
The fast track land reform programme which was implemented in Zimbabwe from 2000 has been a subject of much antagonistic and polemical debates which have polarised academia for over a decade. The FTLRP was criticised for ...
Mthembu, Ntokozo(Open Journal for Sociological Studies, 2019-12-14)
The dawn of 1990s, social change in South Africa has provided a series of opportunities such as
to redress the past narrow cultural perspective in all related structures such as private and
government institutions including ...
Power, and how it is exercised within social relations is pivotal in explaining policy change. Hence, this dissertation explores policy change in Kenya by examining the transfer and subsequent adoption of social protection ...
Given the general poor state of health care and the devastating effect of user fee, the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) was instituted as a health financing policy with the main purpose to ensure universal access ...
The post-apartheid era in South Africa was intended to be a period in which to redress past injustices in
almost all social spheres, including education, particularly in terms of curriculum transformation to include
Af ...