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Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities
National Youth Development Agency Amendment Bill: DWYPD briefing
22 Nov 2022
In a virtual meeting, the Portfolio Committee was briefed by the National Youth Development Agency (NYDA) on the amendment of the NYDA Bill.
The proposal to amend the Act was intended mainly to address the challenges related to the execution of its broad legislated mandate. It was also geared ...
Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities
Update on programmes related to GBVF: GBVF Council briefing; Supplementary report on the filling of CGE vacancies; with Minister
15 Nov 2022
In a virtual meeting, the Portfolio Committee on Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities received a briefing on the Secretariat on Gender-Based Violence and Femicide (GBVF) and an update on the proposed National Council on GBVF. The Committee also discussed a supplementary report on filling vacancies on the Commission ...
Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities
Progress made on SADC Protocol on Gender and Development and amending Article 20(1) of the CEDAW: DWYPD & DIRCO Input
8 Nov 2022
The Committee met virtually to be briefed by the Department of Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities and the Department of International Relations and Cooperation on (i) amendments to Article 8 of the Southern African Development Protocol on Gender Development, which outrightly prohibited marriage between people under the ...
Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities
NYDA Q1 2022/23 Performance; Progress report on Presidential Youth Employment Interventions; with Minister
4 Nov 2022
In a virtual meeting, the National Youth Development Agency (NYDA) briefed the Portfolio Committee on their performance for the first quarter of the 2022/23 financial year. The Presidential Youth Initiative (PYI) also provided a progress report on the Presidential youth employment interventions.
Before the NYDA made its presentation, the ...
Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities
CGE Vacancies: Recommendation & Committee Report
26 Oct 2022
The Portfolio Committee on Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities considered and adopted its report on candidates recommended to fill vacancies in the Commission for Gender Equality.
Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities
Deliberations on candidates for the filling of vacancies in the Commission for Gender Equality (CGE)
25 Oct 2022
The Portfolio Committee on Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities met to consider and score candidates interviewed for vacancies in the Commission for Gender Equality (CGE). Through the process, Members shortlisted the ten highest-scoring candidates from the 23 interviewed. Four candidates would be considered for the half-term, while the ...
Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities
Budgetary Review and Recommendation Report of the Portfolio Committee on Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities
21 Oct 2022
The Portfolio Committee met on a virtual platform to consider its Budgetary Review and Recommendations Report (BRRR). The Content Adviser informed the Committee that the deadline for compiling such a comprehensive report was very tight, and Parliament should reconsider the current timeframe.
Members requested certain recommendations ...
Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities
National Youth Development Agency Annual Report 2021/22
18 Oct 2022
The Portfolio Committee convened a virtual meeting to receive a briefing from the Audit and Risk Committee (ARC) of the National Youth Development Agency (NYDA) on the organisation’s annual report for 2021/22. The ARC reported that overall there was no particular concern that needed to be red flagged ...
Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities
Commission for Gender Equality Annual Report 2021/22
14 Oct 2022
Commission for Gender Equality
The Portfolio Committee on Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities convened on a virtual platform to receive a briefing by the audit and risk committee (ARC) of the Commission for Gender Equality (CGE) on the organisation’s annual report for the 2021/22 financial year. Thereafter, the ...
Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities
Women Portfolio Audit Outcomes; DWYPD Annual Report 2021/22; with Minister
11 Oct 2022
The Portfolio Committee on Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities met on a virtual platform to receive briefings from the Auditor-General of South Africa (AGSA) on the audit outcomes of the Department of Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities, the National Youth Development Agency (NYDA) and the Commission for Gender ...