South African Child Gauge 2008/2009

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2011

Permanent link to this Item
http://hdl.handle.net/11427/2409
Files
SA_Child_Gauge_2008.pdf (3.95 MB)
Authors
Pendlebury, Sheila
Lake, Lori
Smith, Charmaine
Journal Title
Link to Journal
http://www.ci.org.za/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=512&Itemid=38
Journal ISSN
Volume Title
Publisher
Publisher

University of Cape Town

Department
Department of Paediatrics and Child Health
Faculty
Faculty of Health Sciences
License

http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

Series
Abstract
The South African Child Gauge is a special book about children in South Africa. This collection of papers focuses on 'the meaning of children’s right to social services,' and is divided into three parts. Part 1 dicusses laws effecting children, speifically criminal justice and disability laws; Part 2 consists of nine essays on children's rights to education, looking at topics ranging from inclusion and right to 'meaningful' access to the relationship between poverty and educational exclusion; and Part 3 consists of numerical indicators on the state of children's socioeconomic rights in South Africa. This resource can be used for independent study/research or for integration into child development curriculum.
Description
Keywords
children's situation & child statistics
education
law reform
monitoring

Reference:

Pendlebury, S., Lake, L., Smith, C. 2011. South African Child Gauge 2008/2009. Reading. University of Cape Town.

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