Has the government been budgeting for the delivery of the child's right to social security and education in South Africa? A methodology for evaluating the government's performance in budgeting for the child socio-economic rights is set out. 188pp, SOUTH AFRICA. IDASA [INST DEMOC ALTERN IN S AFRICA], 1919798331

2002 Paperback

In its National Programme of Action for Children, which demands that children be 'put first' in policy, budget allocations and service delivery, the government promises to alleviate child poverty. This book asks whether children are being put first. It is the result of research conducted by IDASA's Children's Budget Project. Charts, tables, xxiii, 175pp. SOUTH AFRICA. IDASA.

South African legislation, as well as international conventions like the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child and the African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child which have been ratified by South Africa, indicate shared and increasing acknowledgement of the importance of protecting and promoting children’s rights. In South Africa these remain confined to principle and policy. In practice, poverty, unemployment, child labour, violence and abuse, inadequate policy support and service, ignorance and above all HIV/AIDS pose a real threat to the realisation and enjoyment of these rights. This study on the interface between unemploy-ment, poverty and children’s wellbeing in South Africa arose out of seminar, hosted by the Children’s Budget Unit of the Institute for Democracy in South Africa, the Children’s Institute of the University of Cape Town and Save the Children Sweden, to identify research gaps in the connection between child wellbeing and poverty. 144pp, SOUTH AFRICA. IDASA.

Provides an evidence and rights-based approach to monitoring the well-being of children and adolescents in South Africa. Taking their cues from the child-rights focus of the South African Constitution, the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child and the African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of Children, the contributors make it clear that it is not just the state of children that is important to measure, but also the contexts within which children grow and develop and that a range of domains of child well-being are addressed, including: child poverty; the quality of children's neighbourhoods and home environments; child health, HIV and AIDS, mental health and disability; early child development; education; and child protection, which includes abuse and neglect, children in statutory care, children in the justice system, children on the streets and children affected by the worst forms of labour. Index, bib, 663pp, SOUTH AFRICA. HUMAN SCIENCES RESEARCH COUNCIL.

Reflects the voices of South African children living in poverty. 44pp, SOUTH AFRICA. IDASA.

An honest appraisal of the problems and challenges facing young South Africans. With 8 pages of colour photographs. Bib, 176pp, SOUTH AFRICA. TAFELBERG PUBLISHERS LTD, 0624040968

A full-colour photographic 'self-portrait' of the reality of twelve boys and girls from vastly different cultural, religious, linguistic and geographic backgrounds in South Africa. Foreword by Nelson Mandela. 160pp, SOUTH AFRICA . KWELA BOOKS, 0795701381