Livelihood strategies: analysis of female-headed households in Vrygrond, South Africa

• Main Author: Nandoo, Karin
• Other Authors: Oloyede, Olojide
• Language: en
• Published: University of the Western Cape 2014
• Subjects: Livelihoods; Sustainability; Sustainable livelihoods; Capabilities; Empowerment; Femaleheaded household; Household relations; Inter-generational transmission; Locial capital; Assets; Poverty; Vulnerability
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11394/2909

Magister Artium - MA === This study explored the livelihood activities in female-headed households in Vrygrond, Cape Town. The objective of this study was to identify and analyse livelihood strategies adopted by female-headed households. The Capability Approach was used as a theoretical framework of the study. This approach drew on the idea that resources and abilities enable people to achieve a range of valued ways of being and doing. === South Africa