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

Gemma WrightSenior Research Fellow, Oxford Institute of Social Policy, University of Oxford, UK (at time of writing); Professor Extraordinarius, Archie Mafeje Research Institute, University of South Africa, Pretoria, South Africa; and Research Director, Southern African Social Policy Research Institute, PO Box 23069, Claremont, Cape Town7735, South AfricaCorrespondence[email protected]
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David NevesSenior Researcher, Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies, University of the Western Cape, Robert Sobukwe Road, Bellville7535, South AfricaView further author information
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Phakama NtshongwanaDirector, Missionvale Campus, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, PO Box 77000, Port Elizabeth6031, South AfricaView further author information
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Michael NobleEmeritus Professor of Social Policy, Oxford Institute of Social Policy, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK; Visiting Professor, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa; Honorary Fellow, Human Sciences Research Council, Pretoria, South Africa; and Executive Director, Southern African Social Policy Research Institute, PO Box 23069, Claremont, Cape Town, 7735South AfricaView further author information
Pages 443-457 | Published online: 13 May 2015

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Jonas Nzabamwita & Mulugeta Dinbabo. (2022) International migration and social protection in South Africa. Cogent Social Sciences 8:1.
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Wanga Zembe-Mkabile. (2022) Social protection and care: Does the Child Support Grant translate to social justice outcomes for female beneficiaries who receive it on behalf of their children?. South African Journal of Science 118:9/10.
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Mokoene Ziphora Kearabetswe & Khunou Grace. (2019) Parental absence: Intergenerational tensions and contestations of social grants in South Africa. Critical Social Policy 39:4, pages 525-540.
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Elena Moore & Jeremy Seekings. (2019) Consequences of social protection on intergenerational relationships in South Africa: Introduction. Critical Social Policy 39:4, pages 513-524.
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Nokuthula Ngubane & Pranitha Maharaj. (2018) Childbearing in the Context of the Child Support Grant in a Rural Area in South Africa. SAGE Open 8:4, pages 215824401881759.
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Bianca Stumbitz, Suzan Lewis, Abigail A. Kyei & Fergus Lyon. (2018) Maternity protection in formal and informal economy workplaces: The case of Ghana. World Development 110, pages 373-384.
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Kirsty Button, Elena Moore & Jeremy Seekings. (2018) South Africa’s hybrid care regime: The changing and contested roles of individuals, families and the state after apartheid. Current Sociology 66:4, pages 602-616.
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Rochelle Beukes, Ada Jansen, Mariana Moses & Derek Yu. (2016) Exploring the Eligibility Criteria of the Child Support Grant and its Impact on Poverty. Social Indicators Research 134:2, pages 511-529.
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