Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities
Women and agro-processing: briefing by Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries
2 Jun 2015
The Director General reviewed the state of women in agriculture and policy interventions to help close the gender gap. The key programmes intended to benefit women were outlined as well as the progress made in each programme. Departmental statistics on how many women worked for DAFF were given and the ...
Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities
Department of Women in Presidency on its 4th quarter 2014/15 performance, transitional arrangement, skills and job evaluation reports
19 May 2015
The Department of Women (DoW) briefed the Committee on the transitional arrangements following the National Macro Organisation of State (NMOS) process. The new Director General provided a presentation which outlined the changes which had taken place since the separation of the DoW from the former Department of Women, Children and ...
Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities
Committee Report on Department of Women in the Presidency & Commission for Gender Equality Budget
6 May 2015
The Portfolio Committee on Women in the Presidency met to consider and adopt the Committee report on the strategic plan and annual performance plan (APP) of the Department of Women in the Presidency and the Commission on Gender Equality. The Committee had observed that the Department had identified access to ...
Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities
Committee Report on Department of Women in Presidency & Commission on Gender Equality Budget
5 May 2015
The Committee Content Advisor took the Committee through the draft report and asked Committee members to add recommendations and amendments.
Committee members questioned the scope and ability of the Department of Women in the Presidency to address access to basic services. It was recommended that the Department put pressure on ...
Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities
Commission for Gender Equality reports on CSW 57th Session; IBSA Conference; 365 Days of Action to End Violence; National Council on Gender Based Violence; Gender Focal Points; Courts; National Gender Summit; 2014 elections
21 Apr 2015
The Commission for Gender Equality briefed the Committee the status of gender mainstreaming throughout different departments in government and information relevant to monitoring the effectiveness of certain programmes which strive for gender equality. The Committee was also briefed on a number of documents including: Women and Political Parties in South ...
Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities
Department of Women Strategic Plan & Annual Performance Plan 2015/16 & response to State of Nation Address; Oversight reports to Department & CGE
17 Mar 2015
The Department of Women (DoW) in the Presidency presented its strategic plan for 2015 to 2020 and Annual Performance Plan for 2015/16 to the Committee. It described itself as a new department in the sense that its mandate was changed by Presidential Proclamation in November 2014, with functions originally handled ...
Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities
Department of Women 3rd quarter 2014/15 performance
10 Mar 2015
The Department of Women in the Presidency reported that it had managed to achieve 14 of its 18 targets, which amounted to a 78% performance level. The total adjusted budget for the 2014/2015 year was R184.8 million, which included funds for the Commission on Gender Equality. The actual expenditure for ...
Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities
CEDAW and Beijing +20 report to UN by South Africa: briefing by Commission for Gender Equality
3 Mar 2015
The Committee was briefed by the Commission on Gender Equality on its work and recommendations that went into formulating the 2015 South African government's Beijing+20 Report on measuring South Africa’s progress in complying with the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action, thus meeting the Convention on the Elimination of all ...
Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities
Commission for Gender Equality on its 2nd Quarter 2014/15 Performance
11 Nov 2014
The Commission for Gender Equality (CGE) spoke about second quarterly 2014/15 performance: The National Gender Summit was well attended, and further financial details would be provided later. General under spending was reported. New developments involved budget reductions as noted by Treasury. A new business model was also being reviewed, as ...
Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities
Department of Women in Presidency sent back for failure to table 2nd quarter 2014 performance report
4 Nov 2014
The official starting time of the meeting was delayed by approximately 80 minutes, as the Committee was performance report for the 2nd quarter 2014 was still in the course of being prepared. Members of the Department arrived at different times, and after the Director General had arrived, Members took issue ...