Social assistance and dignity: South African women’s experiences of the child support grant

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dc.contributor.authorWright, Gemma
dc.contributor.authorNeves, David
dc.contributor.authorNtshongwana, Phakama
dc.date.accessioned2021-09-06T15:33:18Z
dc.date.available2021-09-06T15:33:18Z
dc.date.issued2015
dc.description.abstractMany women interact with the South African social security system in relation to the Child Support Grant (CSG), which is social assistance payable for children living with low-income caregivers. This paper explores women’s accounts of how the CSG serves to protect and respect dignity, a foundational value in the South African Constitution. Drawing from focus groups and in-depth interviews with female CSG recipients of working age, it is argued that whilst the experience of using the CSG does protect dignity in certain important respects, other aspects including the application process, the small amount of the grant and negative discourses associated with the status of being a CSG recipient were experienced by many as erosive of dignity.en_US
dc.identifier.citationWright, G. et al. (2015). Social assistance and dignity: South African women’s experiences of the child support grant. Development Southern Africa,32(4), 443–457. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/0376835X.2015.1039711en_US
dc.identifier.issn1470-3637
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1080/0376835X.2015.1039711
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10566/6613
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherRoutledgeen_US
dc.subjectSocial assistanceen_US
dc.subjectSouth Africaen_US
dc.subjectDignityen_US
dc.subjectChild support granten_US
dc.subjectWomen’s experiencesen_US
dc.titleSocial assistance and dignity: South African women’s experiences of the child support granten_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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