Marais, Lochner;
Matamanda, Abraham;
Gbadegesin, Frances;
Ntema, John;
Mgwele, Abongile;
Dunn, Mischka;
Nel, Verna;
... Denoon-Stevens, Stuart; + view all
(2024)
The COVID-19 restrictions, child services and the well-being of children in South Africa.
International Journal of Child Care and Education Policy
, 18
(1)
, Article 12. 10.1186/s40723-024-00138-7.
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Abstract
Covid-19 posed little danger to children. Nevertheless, the South African government imposed lockdown measures that impeded children’s education, play and food. Schools were closed, feeding schemes were halted and organised sports were banned. In this study of South African children’s experience during the 2020–22 pandemic, we use the capabilities approach, particularly Nussbaum’s ten capabilities, to assess how the lockdown measures affected their development. The one-dimensional nature of the government response was evident in its focus on physical health and safeguarding adults and the health system, at the expense of children’s well-being. Children were masked and their voices were not heard. Despite being far less at risk of illness or death than adults, children and young people were disproportionately affected by government regulations. Children from low-income environments were particularly severely affected.
| Type: | Article |
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| Title: | The COVID-19 restrictions, child services and the well-being of children in South Africa |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1186/s40723-024-00138-7 |
| Publisher version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40723-024-00138-7 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | Open Access This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons licence, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article's Creative Commons licence, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article's Creative Commons licence and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this licence, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/. |
| Keywords: | Covid-19, Children, Government regulations, Capabilities, Nussbaum |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of the Built Environment UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of the Built Environment > The Bartlett School of Planning |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10199806 |
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