The CGE further notes that the Domestic Violence Act is silent on the role of the CGE and the Commission would therefore propose amendments to the Domestic Violence Act to the effect that the CGE should monitor the implementation of the Act. The CGE noted that key provincial challenges were as follows: . Lack of co-operation on the CGE's monitoring role from stakeholders. . Limited budget and resources - particularly as one provincial office makes it difficult to provide services particularly in rural communities . Public perception of the CGE with regard to service delivery - this relates to the negative publicity received in respect of the Auditor's General's findings on the CGE. . Lack of co-operation from government - as a gender monitoring and lobbyist institution the CGE struggles to receive the necessary reports from government departments which inform their national monitoring on gender programmes. . The small number of staff allocated to provincial offices versus the vastness of provinces. . The CGE furthermore has an unfunded mandate in respect of the Promotion of Equality and the Prevention of Unfair Discrimination, which obligates the CGE to institute proceedings of unfair discrimination on the grounds of gender. The CGE is legislated to implement this policy; however funding provision has not been made available to enable the CGE to do so.