Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities
Department of Social Development (DSD): overviews of Gender Chief Directorate, its approach to Gender-based Violence (GBV), and the disability rights coordination mechanism.
27 Oct 2015
BRRR 2015-2010: Budgetary Review & Recommendations Reports
The Department of Social Development (DSD) conducted three briefings dealing with the Gender Chief Directorate, its approach to Gender-based Violence (GBV), and the disability rights coordination mechanism.
The overview of the Gender Chief Directorate dealt with the DSD’s efforts towards gender transformation. Members ...
Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities
Women in the Presidency Budget Review and Recommendations Report
20 Oct 2015
BRRR 2015-2010: Budgetary Review & Recommendations Reports
The Committee Content Advisor briefed Members on the Budgetary Review and Recommendation Report for 2015. Overall, the Department was not performing well. The Report did not mention how the budget was spent on the events hosted by the Department, or where it participated. ...
Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities
Department of Women & Commission for Gender Equality on their 2014/15 Annual Reports & FFC input
14 Oct 2015
[note: Commission for Gender Equality 2014/15 Annual Report email info@pmg.org.za]
The Financial and Fiscal Commission (FFC) briefed the Committee on the performance of the Department of Women and the Commission on Gender Equality. The FFC explained that the Department was not performing well in many categories, because they were still dealing ...
Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities
Department of Women & Commission for Gender Equality 2014/15 performance: Auditor-General & DPME assessments
13 Oct 2015
Summary
The Office of the Auditor-General explained that the Department of Women and the Commission on Gender Equality both audits had findings, and it gave recommendations to the Committee to raise with these entities in their meeting with them on the following day.
Members were concerned as many of the ...
Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities
Commission for Gender Equality on its 1st Quarter 2015/16 performance
22 Sep 2015
The Commission on Gender Equality (CGE) came to the Committee to report on the first quarter of the 2015/16 financial year. These were important years, as 2015 was the African Union’s year of Economic Empowerment of Women, and the year of the movement from the Millenium Development Goals (MDGs) to ...
Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities
Department of Women in the Presidency 1st Quarter 2015/16 performance; Committee Oversight Visit Report
8 Sep 2015
The Department of Women (DoW) in the Presidency briefed the Committee on its Quarter1 Performance Report. The Committee was provided with an overview of the DoW’s organogram and on its organisational transformation. The DoW was now considered a lean and mean department even if it had limited funds. The organisational ...
Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities
Department of Social Development on gender equality
17 Aug 2015
The Portfolio Committee had requested a meeting with the Department of Social Development at which the Department was supposed to present an overview of the programmes formerly located with the Department of Women, Children and People with Disabilities. However, the presentation did not take place, as the Department of Social ...
Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities
Department of Rural Development and Land Reform on gender equality (cont)
11 Aug 2015
The Department of Rural Development and Land Reform briefed the Committee on key programmes and policies intended to benefit women and persons with disabilities in South Africa, as well as contracts awarded to entities where women are directors and members. This was a follow-up meeting to the one held the ...
Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities
Gender mainstreaming in Department of Trade and Industry
23 Jun 2015
The Department of Trade and Industry briefed the Committee on its employment equity targets and its gender mainstreaming programmes.
The selected portfolio of programmes consisted of three groups. The first group was the Broadening Participation Programmes, which included the Technology Human Resources for Industry Programme (THRIP), the Support Programme for ...
Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities
Women and SMMEs: briefing by Department of Small Business Development
9 Jun 2015
The Committee met with the Department of Small Business Development (DSBD) while some Members of the Portfolio Committee on Small Business Development were in attendance as well. The Department briefed the Committee on women in the Small Medium and Micro Enterprises (SMMEs) and cooperatives sector highlighting the mandate, vision, mission ...