Chairperson, hon Minister, I am quite aware of the summit and the number of Ministers who committed themselves to the sectors in the Ministry of Women, Children and People with Disabilities. However, I would like to know how many formal memorandums of understanding, MOUs, have been signed with the relevant national departments, especially with regard to the transferring of skills and economic empowerment of women in rural areas. Thank you.
The MINISTER OF WOMEN, CHILDREN AND PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES: Chairperson, we have signed an MOU with the Minister of Health to look at campaigns where we will fight HIV and Aids, and particularly their impact on women and children. We are also in the process of signing an agreement, an Mou, with the Minister of Rural Development and Land Reform. Our directors- general are talking, and they are finalising the plan for a women's rural development strategy.
We are also talking to the Minister of Economic Development, Minister Patel. Our directors-general are finalising a document that will ensure that the New Growth Path is indeed genderised, and that it has targets that will be inclusive of gender in terms of the five million jobs that we have committed to in the next 10 years. We are saying that 50% of those jobs - and even more - should go to women and young women.
We are also looking at various enterprises, including the Industrial Development Corporation, IDC, and Khula, to ensure that they will prioritise women's projects in terms of funding. I thank you.