Early motherhood in soweto: the nexus between the child support grant and developmental social work services
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In this article we ask whether the child support grant can mitigate the vulnerability of early motherhood, and if so, in what ways and what are its limits. Using data from a study on CSGs in a poor urban area of Johannesburg, we report on the circumstances of young women recipients. We find that the grant has positive outcomes for the women, but these are limited in the face of the range of needs and support necessary to give the young women a chance to successfully negotiate both motherhood and their own transition to adulthood. We suggest areas where social workers can engage positively with these issues
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Torres, N. F., Watson, D., Mohlomi, L., Hlungwani, T., Gardiner, C. V., Muller-Kluits, N., Norris, S. A., Draper, C. E., & Pentecost, M. (2026) · Frontiers in Global Women's Health · doi:10.3389/fgwh.2026.1880613
- Authors
- Jordan, N., Patel, L., & Hockfeld, T.
- Affiliations
- University of Johannesburg (ZA)
- ORCID
- Patel, Leila
- Venue
- Social Work/Maatskaplike Werk
- Publisher
- Stellenbosch University
- Published
- 2014-11-11
- Volume
- 50
- Issue
- 3
- ISSN
- 0037-8054 (ISSN-L)
- 2312-7198
- OpenAlex
- W2103353261
- Cited by
- 12
- References
- 2
- Citations by year
- 2026: 1 · 2022: 1 · 2021: 1 · 2020: 2 · 2019: 1 · 2018: 1 · 2017: 5
- FWCI
- 4.65
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- gold
- doi.org
- Licence
- cc-by-sa
- Locations
- Social Work/Maatskaplike Werk (publishedVersion, cc-by-sa)
- DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) (submittedVersion, cc-by-sa)
- Funders
- University of Johannesburg
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Safety Research › Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Social Policies and Family
- Social Sciences › Gender Studies › Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics
- Keywords
- early motherhood, Child Support Grant, developmental social work, young mothers, coming of age, social protection, vulnerability, urban poverty, Soweto, Johannesburg
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