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Download full textPillay, Jace – South African Journal of Childhood Education, 2016
There is insufficient literature and research that has problematised the use of the phenomenon of child-headed households (CHHs), that is, to find out if it is an acceptable term to use, if it is really a problem, and whether it needs solutions. Hence, the purpose of this study was to problematise the use of the term CHH, taking the theories of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Children, Heads of Households, Barriers
Direct linkDe Wet, Nicole; Osman, Ruksana – Perspectives in Education, 2018
In South Africa, the educational attainment of African children has been a focal point of policy and research since the end of apartheid in 1994. Individual and policy-level determinants of child development and educational outcomes have been exhaustively investigated. A less researched perspective is the role of community and household…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Community Characteristics, Socioeconomic Status, Family Characteristics
Phillips, Charlotte – Online Submission, 2011
In the face of growing international support for recognition of child-headed households, the author poses the following questions: What does the internationally recognised right to alternative care for children entail? Is the recognition of child-headed households as a form of alternative care in line with the Convention on the Rights of the Child…
Descriptors: Childrens Rights, Child Care, Heads of Households, Children
