Browsing Journals by Subject "Children"
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A call to establish a child-centred disaster management framework in Zimbabwe
(AOSIS Publishing, 2015)Disasters have increased in intensity and frequency in recent times. However, disasters do not affect all groups in a society in a similar manner. This article, based mainly on qualitative desk research and document analysis, ... -
Exploring childhood statelessness in South Africa
(PER/PELJ, 2020)The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees set a 10-year timeline in 2014 to prevent childhood statelessness and believes this is possible if the following four steps are taken. First, it urges all states to allow ... -
Gesondheidsorg vir kinders: voldoen Suid-Afrikaanse wetgewing aan die land se verpligtinge ingevolge die konvensie oor die regte van die kind en die grondwet?
(2012)Included in the Convention on the Rights of the Child, 1989 (UN Children's Convention) is the right of children to the highest attainable standard of health. In terms of article 4 of the UN Children's Convention, in ... -
The impact of flood disasters on child education in Muzarabani District, Zimbabwe
(AOSIS OpenJournals, 2014)The increase in flood intensity and frequency poses a threat to community infrastructure and affects the total well-being of children in regard to: access to food, health, school attendance, access to clean water and ... -
Improving the contribution of foreign voluntourists in South Africa : The importance of training and supervision
(AOSIS, 2020)The market for voluntourism from the Western world to developing countries is on the rise. Voluntourists are mainly young people who combine travel with volunteering in educational, early childhood development, environmental ... -
Procurement adjudication and the rights of children: Freedom Stationary (PTY) LTD v MEC for Education, Eastern Cape 2011 JOL 26927 (E)
(2012)Children are heavily reliant on the services provided by the government and irregularities in public procurement processes are bound to affect the realisation of children's rights. In the Freedom Stationery (Pty) Ltd v ... -
Realising equality in access to HIV treatment for vulnerable and marginalised groups in Africa
(2012)This article examines the relevance of the concept of equality in improving access to HIV treatment for vulnerable and marginalised groups in Africa. The article argues that though modest achievements have been made in ... -
Recent developments in sexual offences against children – a constitutional perspective
(2016)This contribution deals with recent developments in sexual offences against children with reference to sections in the Criminal Law (Sexual Offences and Related Matters) Amendment Act 32 of 2007. This Act is addressed ... -
A review of children’s participation in disaster risk reduction
(AOSIS Publishing, 2016)Children are often excluded from disaster risk reduction (DRR) activities, yet they are one of the most vulnerable groups to disasters. As a result, they experience physical, psychological and educational vulnerabilities. ... -
The standard of the reasonable person in determining negligence – comparative conclusions
(PER/PELJ, 2021)The standard of the reasonable person or its equivalent, in general, is used in many jurisdictions to determine fault in the form of negligence. Although the standard is predominantly objective it is also subjective ...