The strategic plan and budget of the Department of Women, Children and Persons with Disabilities were referred to the Portfolio Committee on Women, Children, Youth and People with Disabilities on the 09 March 2011 for consideration and reporting. The Committee, in performing its constitutional mandate, engaged with the Department of Women, Children and Persons with Disabilities on the 16 March 2011. The Department also presented its strategic and operational plan for 2011/12. The Committee held a workshop with the Department on the 25 May 2011 to further discuss the mandate, the strategic and operational plans of the Department.