Domestic Workers and their access to childcare: A Socio-Legal study

dc.contributor.advisorSmythe, Deirdre
dc.contributor.authorvan Zyl, Nicole
dc.date.accessioned2019-02-04T11:29:32Z
dc.date.available2019-02-04T11:29:32Z
dc.date.issued2018
dc.date.updated2019-02-04T07:50:18Z
dc.description.abstractThis dissertation explores how domestic workers within the Cape Town area access childcare. From this exploration, the argument that the state should provide childcare to mothers as a redress measure under s9(2) is developed. This argument is drawn from the proposition that universal access to childcare has the potential to reduce gender inequality by removing the care burden that women bear. By providing universal access to childcare, and thereby removing or reducing the care burden, women are better empowered to access income earning activity. This qualitative enquiry utilises a literature review and one-on-one interviews as modes of data collection. Eight interviews were conducted on the experiences of domestic workers. A feminist methodology was adopted in the collection and analysis of the data, which led to the finding that greater state intervention is needed into the lives of domestic workers so that they may realise substantive equality. This Constitutionally based legal analysis is used as a means of understanding social transformation through the experiences of the participant group.
dc.identifier.apacitationvan Zyl, N. (2018). <i>Domestic Workers and their access to childcare: A Socio-Legal study</i>. (). University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Law ,Centre for Law & Society. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/29226en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationvan Zyl, Nicole. <i>"Domestic Workers and their access to childcare: A Socio-Legal study."</i> ., University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Law ,Centre for Law & Society, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/29226en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationvan Zyl, N. 2018. Domestic Workers and their access to childcare: A Socio-Legal study. University of Cape Town.en_ZA
dc.identifier.risTY - Thesis / Dissertation AU - van Zyl, Nicole AB - This dissertation explores how domestic workers within the Cape Town area access childcare. From this exploration, the argument that the state should provide childcare to mothers as a redress measure under s9(2) is developed. This argument is drawn from the proposition that universal access to childcare has the potential to reduce gender inequality by removing the care burden that women bear. By providing universal access to childcare, and thereby removing or reducing the care burden, women are better empowered to access income earning activity. This qualitative enquiry utilises a literature review and one-on-one interviews as modes of data collection. Eight interviews were conducted on the experiences of domestic workers. A feminist methodology was adopted in the collection and analysis of the data, which led to the finding that greater state intervention is needed into the lives of domestic workers so that they may realise substantive equality. This Constitutionally based legal analysis is used as a means of understanding social transformation through the experiences of the participant group. DA - 2018 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2018 T1 - Domestic Workers and their access to childcare: A Socio-Legal study TI - Domestic Workers and their access to childcare: A Socio-Legal study UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/29226 ER -en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/29226
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationvan Zyl N. Domestic Workers and their access to childcare: A Socio-Legal study. []. University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Law ,Centre for Law & Society, 2018 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/29226en_ZA
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisher.departmentCentre for Law and Society
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Law
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.subject.otherCriminology, Law and Society
dc.titleDomestic Workers and their access to childcare: A Socio-Legal study
dc.typeMaster Thesis
dc.type.qualificationlevelMasters
dc.type.qualificationnameLLM
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