South African Child Gauge 2012
Hall K, Woolard I, Lake L & Smith C (eds) 2012
Children's Institute, University of Cape Town
The South African Child Gauge is the only publication in the country that provides an annual snap-shot of the status of South Africa’s children.
It is published by the Children’s Institute, University of Cape Town, to track South Africa’s progress towards realising children’s rights.
The 2012 issue focuses on the theme 'Children and inequality: closing the gap'.
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Cover
Back cover
Acknowledgements and contact details
Broad overview
Contents
List of figures, tables and cases
List of abbreviations
Foreword
Dr Max Price, Vice-Chancellor, University of Cape Town
Reflections on child poverty and inequality
The Honourable Trevor Manuel, Minister in the Presidency, National Planning Commission
PART ONE: CHILDREN AND LAW REFORM
Legislative developments in 2011/2012
Lucy Jamieson, Paula Proudlock and Tendai Nhenga-Chakarisa
PART TWO: CHILDREN AND INEQUALITY: CLOSING THE GAP
Equality rights and children: Moving beyond a one-size-fits-all approach
Sandra Liebenberg
Children and inequality: An introduction and overview
Katharine Hall and Ingrid Woolard
Spatial inequality: Persistent patterns of child deprivation
Gemma Wright and Michael Noble
Inequalities in children’s household contexts: Place, parental presence and migration
Katharine Hall and Dorrit Posel
Income inequality and social grants: Ensuring social assistance for children most in need
Debbie Budlender and Ingrid Woolard
Early childhood development services: Increasing access to benefit the most vulnerable children
Linda Biersteker
Addressing inequities in child health: Opportunities and challenges
David Sanders, Louis Reynolds and Lori Lake
Children and HIV: Monitoring equitable access to services
Sanjana Bhardwaj, Sonja Giese, Nonhlanhla Dlamini and Latasha Slavin
Education, the great equaliser: Improving access to quality education
Nicola Branson and Tia Linda Zuze
Children and inequality: Closing the gap
George Laryea-Adjei and Mastoera Sadan
PART THREE: CHILDREN COUNT – THE NUMBERS
Introducing Children Count – Abantwana Babalulekile
Updated by Katharine Hall and Lori Lake
Demography of South Africa’s children
Updated by Helen Meintjes and Katharine Hall
Income poverty, unemployment and social grants
Updated by Katharine Hall
Child health
Updated by Katharine Hall, Lori Lake and Lizette Berry
Children’s access to education
Updated by Katharine Hall
Children’s access to housing
Updated by Katharine Hall
Children’s access to basic services
Updated by Katharine Hall
The South African Child Gauge is an annual publication of the Children’s Institute, University of Cape Town. It aims to report on and monitor the situation of children in South Africa, in particularly the realisation of their rights. The publication focuses on a different theme each year.
