More work for women : A Rights-based analysis of Women’s aces to basic services in South Africa
More work for women : A Rights-based analysis of Women’s aces to basic services in South Africa
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为妇女提供更多工作：对南非妇女获得基本服务的情况进行基于权利的分析
DOI：
10.1080/19962126.2009.11865216
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发表时间：
2009
影响因子：
0.9
通讯作者：
Jackie Dugard
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作者：
Nthabiseng Mohlakoan;Jackie Dugard
摘要 南非在基本服务方面拥有值得称赞的立法和政策框架，明确承认历史劣势，包括性别劣势。然而，正如本文所探讨的，水电服务不足对妇女产生了不成比例的负面影响。这是因为大多数家庭内存在性别分工，这意味着女性除了通常单独负责育儿、洗衣、做饭和清洁之外，通常还必须承担管理水和能源供应的角色。在这一角色中，女性在获得这些商品时遇到了多重障碍，这些障碍与水电的可用性、负担能力以及供应量有关。通过分析这些障碍，本文得出的结论是，作为进入家庭私人领域的公共服务，水和电力服务可能独特地抵制针对特定性别的立法和政策建议。它表明，改善妇女获得基本服务的最佳方式是通过社会经济阶层分析，促进贫困家庭获得更多服务。
Abstract South Africa has a commendable legislative and policy framework for basic services that explicitly recognises historic disadvantage, including gender. Yet, as explored in this article, inadequate access to water and electricity services has a disproportionately negative effect on women. This is because there is a sexual division of labour within most households meaning that, in addition to typically being singly responsible for childcare, washing, cooking and cleaning, women must usually also take on the role of managing water and energy supplies. In this role, women experience multiple obstacles in accessing these goods, related to the availability, affordability and amount of water and electricity supplied. Analysing such obstacles, this article concludes that, as public services that enter the private realm of the household, water and electricity services are perhaps uniquely resistant to gender-specific legislative and policy recommendations. It suggests that the best way to improve women’s access to basic services is through a socio-economic class analysis, advancing greater access by poor households.