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Item Relative poverty in female disability grant recipients in South Africa(St Cyril and St Methodius University Publishing House, 2021) Basson, YvetteIt is a well-established fact that adequate social security measures are used as a tool to allow persons a measure of financial security and support in the event of certain contingencies. Historically, disability has been one of the “core” contingencies, which is covered by social security schemes. The purpose of social security in providing for this contingency is to compensate for income lost or reduced as a result of disability. The fact that more women in South Africa have disabilities than men leads to the conclusion that women with disabilities are more negatively affected by poverty than men with disabilities. This in turn makes a woman with a disability more likely to be dependent on the disability grant than a man with a disability. The link between gender, disability and poverty will be discussed to illustrate the socio-economic position of female disability grant recipients in comparison to male disability grant recipients. This article will address the relative poverty of female disability grant recipients and make recommendations to address this relative poverty.Item The right to an adequate standard of living in the protocol to the African charter on human and peoples' rights on the rights of persons with disabilities in Africa(Pretoria University Law Press, 2019) Basson, YvetteThe Protocol to the African Charter on Human and People’s Rights on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities in Africa (African Disability Protocol)was adopted by the African Union (AU) on 29 January 2018.1 The primary purpose of this instrument is to ‘promote, protect and ensure the full and equal enjoyment of all human and people’s rights by all persons with disabilities’ on the African continent.2 The Protocol is thus potentially an important step forward in the achievement of equal rights by persons with disabilities in Africa.