Gender, rights and the disability grant in South Africa

Development Southern Africa

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 369-382

  Goldblatt, Beth ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Disability; Gender; Human rights; Social assistance

Indexed keywords

ADMINISTRATIVE SYSTEM; DISABILITY; FEMINISM; GENDER ISSUE; HUMAN RIGHTS; WOMENS STATUS;

AFRICA; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 70349737724     PISSN: 0376835X     EISSN: 14703637     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03768350903086689     Document Type: Article

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