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Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities
National Treasury on gender mainstreaming; gender responsive budgeting, Department of Women & CGE budget allocation
13 Sep 2016
The National Treasury briefed the Committee with reports on gender mainstreaming, gender responsive budgeting and the allocation of funding to the Department of Woman in the Presidency and the Commission for Gender Equality (CGE).
The atmosphere was notably tense, with underlying political and racial differences being articulated in certain remarks, ...
Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities
Commission for Gender Equality on its Jan-Jun 2016 performance
6 Sep 2016
The Commission for Gender Equality (CGE) told the Portfolio Committee on Women in the Presidency that it had achieved 87% of its annual strategic outcomes. It reported that many women had lodged complaints about maintenance, gender discrimination, estates and gender-based violence. The highest number of estate-related complaints was from Mpumalanga, ...
Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities
Department of Women in the Presidency on its 4 Quarter 2015/16 & 1 Quarter 2016/17 performance
30 Aug 2016
The Department of Women in the Presidency (DoW) briefed the Committee on quarter four of the 2015/16 financial year and quarter one of the 2016/17 financial year.
Members expressed disappointment with regard to the under- and over-spending of the Department. They drew attention to the number of targets that had ...
Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities
CEDAW Implementation 5th Report 2009-2014: Department of Women in the Presidency briefing
24 May 2016
The Department of Women in the Presidency (the Department) presented South Africa’s 5th Periodic Report on the Implementation of the Convention on Elimination of all forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW), during the period 2009-2014. The history and background of the signing and ratification of the instrument, and the years in ...
Multi-Party Women’s Caucus
Malawi Multi-Party Women’s Caucus: joint discussion
12 May 2016
The Multi-Party Women’s Caucus met with the Malawi Multi-Party Women’s Caucus to share their experience of working in Parliament. As the Chairperson of the Steering Committee was attending the SADC Parliamentary Forum Ms Khunou was elected Acting Chairperson of the meeting.
Ms Joy Watson, Senior researcher for the South African ...
Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities
Commission for Gender Equality on its 2016 Strategic & Annual Performance Plan
19 Apr 2016
The Commission for Gender Equality (CGE) presented its annual performance plan and budget for the 2016/17 financial year. The Commission’s programmes had been informed by the national legislative frameworks and international treaties that South Africa had ratified, together with the Constitution.
The Commission would undertake to develop its education officers ...
Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities
Department of Women in the Presidency on its 2016 Strategic & Annual Performance Plan
12 Apr 2016
Department of Women in the Presidency 2016 Strategic Plan [198MB]
Department of Women in the Presidency 2016 Annual Performance Plan [197MB]
[For these documents email info@pmg.org.za]
The Department of Women in the Presidency (the DOW) presented its 2016 Annual Performance Plan and Strategic Plan. There had been some organisational structure changes. ...
Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities
Department of Women in the Presidency 2016 Annual Performance Plan: Auditor-General recommendations
5 Apr 2016
Auditor-General South Africa provided recommendations for an effective implementation of the annual performance plan (APP) for the Department of Women in the Presidency for 2016/17 to ensure gender mainstreaming and gender responsive budgeting. For the Committee to gage the relevance of the targets in the APP, it would need to ...
Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities
Women in Decision making positions: Department of Public Service & Administration and Public Service Commission briefings
15 Mar 2016
The Department of Public Service and Administration (DPSA) and the Public Service Commission (PSC) briefed the Committee on the current figures of women in senior management service (SMS) posts in the public service in general and in these two entities also. The DPSA aimed to provide a professional, productive and ...
Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities
Commission for Gender Equality ‘one woman, one hectare of land’ report
8 Mar 2016
The Commission for Gender Equality presented a report on the ‘One Woman, One Hectare of Land’ initiative to the Portfolio Committee on Women in the Presidency.
The Commissioner gave an overview of the mandate and functions of the Commission, and the legislation governing the Commission, and provided an introduction to ...