Social Security in South Africa – a Gender and Human Rights Analysis

Beth Goldblatt

doi:10.5771/0506-7286-2014-1-22

Contents
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- 3–4 Editorial 3–4
  - Editorial
- 5–123 Abhandlungen/Articles 5–123
  - 5–21 A Social Rights Model for Social Security: Learnings from India Jayna Kothari Jayna Kothari 5–21
  - 22–42 Social Security in South Africa – a Gender and Human Rights Analysis Beth Goldblatt Beth Goldblatt 22–42
  - 43–61 Targeting Within Universalism? The Bolsa Família Program and the Social Assistance Field in Brazil Diogo R. Coutinho Diogo R. Coutinho 43–61
  - 62–78 The legal framework of social security systems in developing countries – the example of national health insurance in Ghana Markus Kaltenborn, Lukas Lübben Markus Kaltenborn, Lukas Lübben 62–78
  - 79–104 Social protection in Vietnam: Future prospects from the legal perspective Matthias Meissner Matthias Meissner 79–104
  - 105–123 Social Security – Just as much a Human Right in Developing Countries and Emerging Markets Michael Krennerich Michael Krennerich 105–123
- 124–130 Buchbesprechungen/Book Reviews 124–130
  - 124–127 Zur Zukunft des Mercosur. Sechs Typen rechtlicher Staatenintegration. (Jürgen Samtleben) Niels-Jakob W. Küttner Niels-Jakob W. Küttner 124–127
  - 128–130 Social Security Law in India, Social Security Law in Chile (Markus Kaltenborn, Bochum) Debi S. Saini, Emilio Morgado-Vaenzuela, Hugo Cifuentes-Lillo Debi S. Saini, Emilio Morgado-Vaenzuela, Hugo Cifuentes-Lillo 128–130
- 131–142 Bibliographie/Bibliography 131–142
  - Bibliographie / Bibliography
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Social Security in South Africa – a Gender and Human Rights Analysis

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Beth Goldblatt

DOI
- doi.org/10.5771/0506-7286-2014-1-22
- ISSN: 0506-7286
- ISSN online: 2941-9603
Abstract

South Africa has a large social assistance programme that plays a critical role in addressing extreme poverty. The strong constitutional rights framework, including a right to social security, underpins the development of this programme. Women are the major recipients of social assistance grants but in most cases collect grants for the benefit of their children (in the form of Child Support Grants). Working age people who are able-bodied are not provided with social assistance despite the high levels of unemployment in the country. Women, who are poorer with less access to paid work, are most disadvantaged by this gap. A recent move to attach conditions to the Child Support Grant is analysed from a gender and human rights perspective. The article considers some of the arguments relating to ‘conditionality’ in social security and finds that this move is unnecessary, impractical and a possible violation of human rights as well as a worrying trend in a system that has previously made little use of conditions. The article concludes by proposing a deliberative process of ensuring that the social security right becomes a gender-responsive vehicle for fundamental social change.
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