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dc.contributor.authorPatel, Leila*
dc.contributor.authorHochfeld, Tessa*
dc.contributor.editorSweetman, Carolineen
dc.date.accessioned2011-08-15T10:05:23Zen
dc.date.available2011-08-15T10:05:23Zen
dc.date.issued2011-07-01en
dc.identifier.issn1355-2074en
dc.identifier.doi10.1080/13552074.2011.592633
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10546/139717en
dc.descriptionA gender lens was applied in an empirical study to assess the dynamics and policy implications of one of South Africa's largest social protection programmes, the Child Support Grant (CSG). The findings are based on a household survey conducted in an urban community in Soweto, South Africa. They suggest that the grant supports women's ability to control and allocate resources, and that this has a positive impact on household food security. While the CSG eases women's burden of care and responsibility for household and child survival, women remain largely responsible for caring and looking after families. This prevails despite increased opportunities for women in society and some small shifts in gender relations in urban areas. Social protection policies such as the CSG do not on their own transform gender relations. To ensure that they contribute to gender transformation, they need to work in concert with other public policies that are specifically designed to support changes toward gender equality. This article is hosted by our co-publisher Taylor & Francis. For the full table of contents for this and previous issues of this journal, please visit the <a href="http://www.genderanddevelopment.org">Gender and Development</a> website.en
dc.format.extent11en
dc.publisherOxfam GBen
dc.publisherRoutledgeen
dc.relation.urlhttp://policy-practice.oxfam.org.uk/publications/it-buys-food-but-does-it-change-gender-relations-child-support-grants-in-soweto-139717
dc.subjectGender
dc.titleIt buys food but does it change gender relations? Child Support Grants in Soweto, South Africaen
dc.typeJournal articleen
dc.identifier.eissn1364-9221en
dc.identifier.journalGender & Developmenten
oxfam.signoff.statusFor public use – can be shared outside Oxfamen
oxfam.subject.countrySouth Africaen
oxfam.subject.keywordSocial protection
oxfam.subject.keywordGender and Development Journal
oxfam.subject.keywordGaD
prism.issuenameSocial protectionen
prism.number2en
prism.volume19en


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