Single mothers employed in the formal work sector in Germany and South Africa
This article seeks to disrupt the dominant discourses of victimhood related to single-mother family status. Drawing on a sustainable livelihood framework, we present data from in-depth interviews held with 25 single mothers sampled in Hagen, Germany, and in Gauteng and KwaZulu-Natal provinces in Sou...
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| author | Raniga, Tanusha Boecker, Michael Mthembu, Maud |
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| description | This article seeks to disrupt the dominant discourses of victimhood related to single-mother family status. Drawing on a sustainable livelihood framework, we present data from in-depth interviews held with 25 single mothers sampled in Hagen, Germany, and in Gauteng and KwaZulu-Natal provinces in South Africa. We discuss how participants engaged in positive human capital development, building social capital and tapped into multiple income streams for economic security. Given the intersectional injustices that single mothers face, the strengths the women drew on in their lives is worth noting. We conclude that single mothers have created a new narrative for themselves beyond a pathological one. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-788130d4538c42ee8aa12c96395e842d2022-12-22T01:17:47ZafrStellenbosch UniversitySocial Work/Maatskaplike Werk0037-80542312-71982019-10-0155437939010.15270/55-4-758Single mothers employed in the formal work sector in Germany and South AfricaRaniga, Tanusha 0Boecker, Michael 1Mthembu, Maud 2University of JohannesburgDortmund University of Applied SciencesUniversity of KwaZulu-NatalThis article seeks to disrupt the dominant discourses of victimhood related to single-mother family status. Drawing on a sustainable livelihood framework, we present data from in-depth interviews held with 25 single mothers sampled in Hagen, Germany, and in Gauteng and KwaZulu-Natal provinces in South Africa. We discuss how participants engaged in positive human capital development, building social capital and tapped into multiple income streams for economic security. Given the intersectional injustices that single mothers face, the strengths the women drew on in their lives is worth noting. We conclude that single mothers have created a new narrative for themselves beyond a pathological one.http://socialwork.journals.ac.za/pub/article/view/758Single motherssustainable livelihoodshuman capitalsocial capitaleconomic capitaleconomicsexperiences |
| spellingShingle | Raniga, Tanusha Boecker, Michael Mthembu, Maud Single mothers employed in the formal work sector in Germany and South Africa Social Work/Maatskaplike Werk Single mothers sustainable livelihoods human capital social capital economic capital economics experiences |
| title | Single mothers employed in the formal work sector in Germany and South Africa |
| title_full | Single mothers employed in the formal work sector in Germany and South Africa |
| title_fullStr | Single mothers employed in the formal work sector in Germany and South Africa |
| title_full_unstemmed | Single mothers employed in the formal work sector in Germany and South Africa |
| title_short | Single mothers employed in the formal work sector in Germany and South Africa |
| title_sort | single mothers employed in the formal work sector in germany and south africa |
| topic | Single mothers sustainable livelihoods human capital social capital economic capital economics experiences |
| url | http://socialwork.journals.ac.za/pub/article/view/758 |
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