Moore, E. and Hlabana, T (Forthcoming) Understanding the role of social grants as resources in multi-generational households: examples from South Africa and Lesotho in Fran Bennett,…
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Becoming a Father in South Africa: Customary Practices and Negotiating Fatherhood
Elena and Jill Samukimba’s chapter, Becoming a Father in South Africa: Customary Practices and Negotiating Fatherhood, has been published in Parenting Across Cultures: Childrearing, Motherhood…
Book Launch at AGI, UCT, 20 October, 2022
In October, Elena, held a book launch at AGI. Together with four of the authors of the edited book, Generation, Gender and Negotiating Custom in…
Covid-19 and the retreat of state childcare provision: a cross-national overview
I am delighted to say that our special issue proposal on COVID-19 and childcare has been accepted by Critical Social Policy. The proposed themed section…
Generation, Gender and Negotiating Custom in South Africa
The new book is almost there….Generation, Gender and Negotiating Custom in South Africa. The book draws on a range of empirical studies to reveal the…
Negotiating Families and Personal Lives in the 21st Century
I am excited to see the new volume on Negotiating Families and Personal Lives in 21st century. In this edited volume, i have a book…
Family Caregiving of Older People in Southern African Countries
I am delighted that the International Journal of Care and Caring have approved the proposal for a special issue on Family Caregiving of Older People…
COVID-19 and the Pivotal role of Grandparents
Feminist Economics, the highly ranked journal of the International Association for Feminist Economics, released a double special issue that examines the gendered dimensions and effects of a pandemic now entering its second year and still dominating headlines and lives.
Adding insult to injury: When you’re a womxn and a caregiver, you’re not a citizen
By denying womxn access to the Covid-19 social relief grant when they are also receiving child support grants for the children in their care, the state is making its position clear: Womxn’s roles are firmly located in the family and it’s acceptable for their rights to go there to die.
Financing Social Reproduction
Financing Social Reproduction: Women’s responsibilities in financing and undertaking household social reproduction in multigenerational households in South Africa.