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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
medicine
Child abuse in South Africa: Rights and wrongs
Child Abuse Review, Volume 17, No. 2, Year 2008
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Description
In a country in which human rights feature prominently in our discourse about who we are, as well as in the South African constitutional and legal framework, so many wrongs continue to be done to children. One category of wrongs is abuse, but it is not the only one. Poverty, patriarchy and gender violence, as well as the socialised obedience, dependency and silence of women and children, create conditions in which abuse can occur, often with few consequences. South Africa has extremely high rates of both physical and sexual abuse of children. Progressive, rights-based legislation exists to protect children, but it is not adequately supported or resourced by services to fulfil their provisions. Child abuse and neglect will not be significantly reduced in South Africa, without simultaneous improvements in the social and economic conditions in which very large numbers of children live. Copyright © 2008 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
Authors & Co-Authors
Richter, Linda M.
South Africa, Pretoria
Human Sciences Research Council of South Africa
Dawes, Andrew R.L.
South Africa, Cape Town
University of Cape Town
United Kingdom, Oxford
University of Oxford
Statistics
Citations: 109
Authors: 2
Affiliations: 3
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1002/car.1004
ISSN:
09529136
e-ISSN:
10990852
Research Areas
Maternal And Child Health
Sexual And Reproductive Health
Violence And Injury
Study Locations
South Africa
Participants Gender
Female