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Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities
3rd Quarterly Report of Commission for Gender Equality: briefing
14 Apr 2015
The Commission for Gender Equality (CGE) briefed the Committee on the third quarterly report for both financial and organisational matters.
The Chief Executive Officer provided a presentation which outlined the core accomplishments of CGE over the past four months. The accomplishments highlighted included transformational meetings with universities, the creation of ...
Multi-Party Women’s Caucus
Increasing access to health services for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) persons: by Department of Health; Protection against violence for LGBTI persons: by Department of Justice
25 Mar 2015
The presentations by the Departments of Health (DOH) and Justice (DOJ) was to provide the Caucus with an overview of services and provisions made for the LGBTI community. The DOH briefed the Caucus on the sexual and reproductive health rights (SRHR) and HIV prevention policy for people of the LGBTI ...
Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities
Draft SADC Parliamentary Forum Report on protection against child marriages: Committee Deliberations in preparation for caucus on 25 March
24 Mar 2015
The Parliamentary Research Office presented a draft Report on the protection of children against child marriages in South Africa, which had been compiled for tabling to the SADC-Parliamentary Forum (PF) Plenary Assembly. The Plenary was trying to understand the implications of child marriages in the SADC region, to address such ...
Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities
Commission for Gender Equality on Strategic Plan and Annual Performance Plan 2015/16
24 Mar 2015
The Commission for Gender Equality (CGE) presented its strategic and Annual Performance plan (APP) for 2015/16. There was a moratorium on filling vacant posts but new Commissioners had been approved since the inception of the strategic plan. After setting out its vision and mission, the CGE reported on international conventions, ...
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
Department of Women in Presidency on 2nd Quarter Report July–September 2014, with Minister
24 Feb 2015
The Committee was briefed by the Department of Women on its 2nd Quarter Performance Report, Financial Report and Strategic Plan 2015-2020. The Minister of the Department of Women attended the meeting. The Director of the Department had resigned, hence the Department was without this position, but had an Acting Director- ...
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 ...
Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities
Department of Women performance: Department on Performance, Monitoring & Evaluation (DPME) MPAT briefing
28 Oct 2014
The Department on Performance, Monitoring & Evaluation (DPME) Department of Presidency Monitoring and Evaluation briefed the Committee on the Management Performance Assessment Tool (MPAT) used to assess departments. It noted the 2013 MPAT results for Department of Women. Some of these were:
- The Department of Women rated below the ...