Browsing by Subject "rights"

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    ACESS submission on the report of the Committee of Inquiry into a Comprehensive Social Security System
    (Children's Institute, 2002-06) Proudlock, Paula
    Written submission on behalf of the Alliance for Children's Entitlement to Social Security to the Department of Social Development, June 2002.
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    Children's right to basic education
    (Children's Institute, 2009) Lake, Lori; Pendlebury, Shirley
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    Children's right to social services in South Africa
    (Children's Institute, 2006-04) Dutschke, Mira
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    Children's rights
    (Children's Institute, 2010-09) Mahery, Prinslean; Jamieson, Lucy
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    Children's rights to health
    (Children's Institute, 2010) Proudlock, Paula; Mahery, Prinslean
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    Defining children's constitutional right to social services
    (Children's Institute, 2006-07) Dutschke, Mira
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    Discovering the barriers that stop children with disabilities from being children: the impact of lack of access to mobility devices - a human rights persective
    (2008) Gcaza, Siphokazi; Lorenzo , Theresa
    In most research projects there is a tendency not to consult young disabled children about their priorities and experiences. Their needs and aspirations are pre-empted through service providers. Furthermore, there is little research about how resilient young disabled children are in dealing with or overcoming the barriers in their daily lives due to inadequate provision of mobility devices. Therefore, this study undertook to explore and describe the perceptions and experiences of a sample of children with mobility impairments from disadvantaged backgrounds with regard to the impact of lack of access to mobility devices on their lives. From 1998-2000 in a qualitative study, a case study design was used as a method of inquiry to explore the experiences and perceptions of disabled children at a special school in a township in Cape Town in the Western Cape Province, South Africa with regard to the impact of inadequate provision of mobility devices on their lives. Analysis of the stories of disabled children revealed that without adequate mobility devices they were deprived of their right to development, education, play and social interaction as well as adequate health and rehabilitation services. The stories told by disabled children, their caregivers and therapists reflected the contradictory messages sent to disabled children about service delivery. Recommendations were related to the urgent need for transformation in the provision of mobility devices, based on the needs of disabled children.
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    Extending the Child Support Grant to all children under 18 years
    (Children's Institute, 2002-11) Rosa, Solange; Guthrie, Teresa
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    Extending the Child Support Grant to children under 18 years: a fact sheet
    (Children's Institute, 2004-09) Rosa, Solange; Meintjes, Helen
    Prepared for the Alliance for Children's Entitlement to Social Security (ACESS).
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    ‘The past is unpredictable’: South African history and the understanding of the constitution
    (2014-09-29) De Vos, Pierre
    South Africa’s Constitution contains a list of rights protecting the interests of individuals. Formulated in an open-ended way, their scope and content are not always apparent. For example, section 9(3) prohibits ‘unfair discrimination’ on any ground, but when, for instance, would affirmative action based on race be fair and when not? When would it be fair to discriminate against people with disabilities, pensioners, men, or people who used to be classified ‘white’ during apartheid, and when not? Judges, who have their own personal views and beliefs, must determine the scope and content of the rights by interpreting them. For an interpretation to be credible, and not seen as based purely on political and personal beliefs, judges often rely on ‘objective’ criteria. This three lecture course will look at how the Constitutional Court relies on South Africa’s history as one such ‘objective’ criterion. Taking its title from a remark made by Evita Bezuidenhout that ‘the future is certain – it’s the past that is unpredictable’, the course will illustrate that the manner in which the court understands South Africa’s history partly determines how it interprets the scope and content of the right. The right to equality and the question of affirmative action will be the points of departure, to assist understanding how South Africa’s particular history influences the court’s understanding of various human rights. LECTURE TITLES 1. History and the interpretation of the Bill of Rights 2. History and non-discrimination: race, gender and sexual orientation 3. On affirmative action Recommended reading De Vos, P. 2012. The past is unpredictable: race, redress and remembrance in the South African Constitution. South African Law Journal, 129, 73–103. (Read Prof de Vos's inaugural lecture of the same title here: http://www.uct.ac.za/downloads/uct.ac.za/news/lectures/inaugurals/De_Vos...) De Vos, P. 2012. Why Historical Context Still Matters in South Africa. Available here: http://constitutionallyspeaking.co.za/why-historical-context-still-matte... Ngcukaitobi, T. 2013. Equality. In The Bill of Rights Handbook. 6th ed. I. Currie et al. Eds. Cape Town: Juta. 209–249. This lecture series was part of the 2014 UCT Summer School programme http://www.summerschool.uct.ac.za/ Image details: The judges' table in a courtroom of the Constitutional Court of South Africa at Constitution Hill, Braamfontein, Johannesburg. (2007). Available at: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:ConstitutionalCourtofSouthAfrica-...
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    Phased-in extension of Child Support Grant up to 14 years
    (Children's Institute, 2003-05) Rosa, Solange; Proudlock, Paula
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    The problems with the phased-in approach to the extension of the Child Support Grant to age 14
    (Children's Institute, 2003-06) Proudlock, Paula; Mvulane, Z
    Written and oral submission by the Children's Institute on behalf of ACESS to the NCOP Select Committee on Social Services, June 2003.
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    Report on the nine provincial school health policy workshops
    (Children's Institute, 2001-06) Abrahams, Eva
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    Rights in brief: defining children's constitutional right to social services
    (Children's Institute, 2007-05) Dutschke, Mira
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    Sexual violence in African military conflicts: the lethal common cenominator
    (2012) Clarke, Yaliwe
    Sumemr School lecture presented by Yaliwe Clarke (African Gender Institute, University of Cape Town). This podcast will be of interest to rights activists and others who want to learn more about sexual violence in African military conflicts.
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    Socio-economic transformation: are we going backwards?
    (Children's Institute, 2003) Guthrie, Teresa
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    Spotlight on policy affecting socio-economic rights
    (Children's Institute, 2003) Proudlock, Paula; Rosa, Solange
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    Submission on the Committee of Inquiry's Report: Comprehensive Social Security for Children
    (Children's Institute, 2002-06) Guthrie, Teresa; Jacobs, Marian; Shung King, Maylene; Giese, Sonja; Proudlock, Paual; Berry, Lizette
    Comment made to the Department of Social Development on the Report of the Committee of Inquiry into a Comprehensive Social Security System for South Africa, June 2002.