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Choosing Care: Negotiating and reconciling interference in narratives of home births

Author: Daniels, Nicole Date: 23 Jul 2014 While the literature on home birth emphasises women’s capacity to relate to birth in deeply meaningful terms, less attention has been paid to ‘interferences’ in this process. The extent to which women’s birthing needs are met relates to their ... Read more c b
The impact of intergenerational negotiations and power dynamics on the burden of care experienced by low- income grandmothers

Author: Button, Kirsty Date: Apr 2017 Older women are key financial and practical caregivers in contemporary low- income, multi-generational households. A large volume of research has shown how this burden of care has been shaped by social and economic conditions, the nature of ... Read more
“My husband has to stop beating me and I shouldn’t go to the police”: Woman Abuse, Family Meetings and Relations of Authority

Author: Moore, Elena Date: Nov 2016 In this article, I examine how family meetings, which are traditional systems of arbitration, act as a site for challenging male authority and patrilineal power in South Africa. By drawing on dyadic interviews with wives, husbands and wider ... Read more c b
Relational Masculinities and the Gendered values of men in homebirths

Author: Daniels, Nicole Miriam Date: Jan 2016 More is known about men’s experience of childbirth, than homebirth, although questions still remain. Most significantly, theoretical perspectives are lacking that can conceptualise the role between masculinities and fatherhoods and how these ... Read more c b
South Africa’s system of dispute resolution forums: The role of the family and the state in customary marriage dissolution

Author: Button, Kirsty Date: 23 Jul 2014 In being a legal pluralist state, South Africa has a system of state and customary dispute resolution forums. This paper is concerned with this system of dispute resolution forums, particularly in how marital disputes relating to the dissolution ... Read more c b
A Transnational Family-friendly State? The position of transnational families in the context of South African law and society

Author: Stulgaitis, Manal Date: Oct 2015 South Africa is a migration destination with a paradoxical policy environment. On the one hand it is generous – extending access to health care, education and rights for women, homosexuals and persons with disabilities to all persons within ... Read more c b