Is knowing that you have rights enough? : exploring marginalised women's awareness, understanding and practice of the right to health

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dc.contributor.advisorIsmail, Salmaen_ZA
dc.contributor.advisorLondon, Leslieen_ZA
dc.contributor.authorThomas, Jackyen_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2015-09-15T10:31:02Z
dc.date.available2015-09-15T10:31:02Z
dc.date.issued2009en_ZA
dc.descriptionIncludes bibliographical references (leaves 92-98).en_ZA
dc.description.abstractThis research study explores women's awareness, understanding and practice of their rights to health. The target group in the case study is women. These women live in townships and informal settlements in Cape Town and are part of a community-based network called The Women's Circle (TWC). The purpose of this study ,is to advance understandings or bring out contradictions in current theoretical debates in relation to health and human rights. Primarily the study aims: II To generate knowledge which could assist in strengthening the TWC women's capacities to invoke their rights to health, access health and healthcare and improve the quality of their lives; * To identify whether the different theories of adult education can inform the work of the University of Cape Town (UCT) Health and Human Rights Unit, which is currently developing learning programmes around the right to health for civil society organisations; and * To gather empirical evidence to assist TWC in strengthening partnerships with the state and lobbying government around ensuring access to health rights and services. This study is inter-disciplinary and links adult education to health and human rights. Therefore the literature review draws on work of authors within the following domains: Nefdt (2003) in social services; Sen (1990) in development; London (2004); Ngwenya (2000) and Mann, Gruskin, Grodin and Annas (1999) in health and human rights. Furthermore, to analyse the women's learning the theoretical frarnework draws on literature in the field of adult education which include the Situated Learning theorists (Lave and Wenger, 1991), Phenomenological (Fenwick, 2001), (Mezirow, 1994) and Radical Feminist Pedagogy Ismail (2006); Walters (1998) and Weiler (1991) perspectives which provide theories that have direct relevance to this study in terms of the site of practice and its conceptions of learning and teaching.en_ZA
dc.identifier.apacitationThomas, J. (2009). <i>Is knowing that you have rights enough? : exploring marginalised women's awareness, understanding and practice of the right to health</i>. (Thesis). University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,School of Education. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/14000en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationThomas, Jacky. <i>"Is knowing that you have rights enough? : exploring marginalised women's awareness, understanding and practice of the right to health."</i> Thesis., University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,School of Education, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/14000en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationThomas, J. 2009. Is knowing that you have rights enough? : exploring marginalised women's awareness, understanding and practice of the right to health. University of Cape Town.en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Thesis / Dissertation AU - Thomas, Jacky AB - This research study explores women's awareness, understanding and practice of their rights to health. The target group in the case study is women. These women live in townships and informal settlements in Cape Town and are part of a community-based network called The Women's Circle (TWC). The purpose of this study ,is to advance understandings or bring out contradictions in current theoretical debates in relation to health and human rights. Primarily the study aims: II To generate knowledge which could assist in strengthening the TWC women's capacities to invoke their rights to health, access health and healthcare and improve the quality of their lives; * To identify whether the different theories of adult education can inform the work of the University of Cape Town (UCT) Health and Human Rights Unit, which is currently developing learning programmes around the right to health for civil society organisations; and * To gather empirical evidence to assist TWC in strengthening partnerships with the state and lobbying government around ensuring access to health rights and services. This study is inter-disciplinary and links adult education to health and human rights. Therefore the literature review draws on work of authors within the following domains: Nefdt (2003) in social services; Sen (1990) in development; London (2004); Ngwenya (2000) and Mann, Gruskin, Grodin and Annas (1999) in health and human rights. Furthermore, to analyse the women's learning the theoretical frarnework draws on literature in the field of adult education which include the Situated Learning theorists (Lave and Wenger, 1991), Phenomenological (Fenwick, 2001), (Mezirow, 1994) and Radical Feminist Pedagogy Ismail (2006); Walters (1998) and Weiler (1991) perspectives which provide theories that have direct relevance to this study in terms of the site of practice and its conceptions of learning and teaching. DA - 2009 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2009 T1 - Is knowing that you have rights enough? : exploring marginalised women's awareness, understanding and practice of the right to health TI - Is knowing that you have rights enough? : exploring marginalised women's awareness, understanding and practice of the right to health UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/14000 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/14000
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationThomas J. Is knowing that you have rights enough? : exploring marginalised women's awareness, understanding and practice of the right to health. [Thesis]. University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,School of Education, 2009 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/14000en_ZA
dc.language.isoengen_ZA
dc.publisher.departmentSchool of Educationen_ZA
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Humanitiesen_ZA
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.subject.otherEducationen_ZA
dc.titleIs knowing that you have rights enough? : exploring marginalised women's awareness, understanding and practice of the right to healthen_ZA
dc.typeMaster Thesis
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dc.type.qualificationnameMPhilen_ZA
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