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Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities
Department on Women Annual Report 2017/18 analysis
10 Oct 2018
Parliamentary Researcher and Content Advisor presentations are available to public
The Committee Content Advisor and Researcher gave an overview of their analysis and assessment of the 2017/18 Department of Women Annual Report before it met with the Department on 17 October 2018. They found the same inconsistencies and discrepancies raised ...
Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities
Department of Women & Commission for Gender Equality 2017/18 Annual Reports, with AGSA input
9 Oct 2018
The Portfolio Committee on Women in the Presidency was briefed by the Department of Women and the Commission for Gender Equality on their Annual Reports and received a presentation by the Auditor-General of South Africa on the two Annual Reports.
The Auditor-General of South Africa found that ...
Multi-Party Women’s Caucus
Sanitary Pads Initiative & Gender-Based Violence Summit update
4 Sep 2018
The Chairperson informed Members that the briefing of the current state of the National Gender Machinery Summit had been postponed due to the unavailability of Minister Bathabile Dlamini and the difficulties with getting hold of the people that were supposed to be working with her on this particular matter.
She ...
Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities
Department of Women Quarter 1 performance, with Minister
21 Aug 2018
The Department of Women (DoW) presented its first quarter performance report for the 2018/19 financial year, with the Minister in attendance. The Minister stressed that a combined government and society-wide effort must be made to address the multi-dimensional issues of women.
The presentation covered the overall Departmental performance, as well ...
Multi-Party Women’s Caucus
Women’s Charter Review Conference preparations
14 Aug 2018
The Multiparty Women's Caucus met to discuss the report on the 2018 Women's Charter Review Conference's concept document as well as the Draft Programme Chaired by the Acting Chairperson of the Women's Caucus.
Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities
Department of Women 2017/18 Quarter 3 & 4 performance
12 Jun 2018
The Department of Women (DoW) presented its quarter three and four performance for the 2017/18 financial year. The comprehensive presentation covered the strategic focus of the Department, organisational and budget programme structure, newly created posts and rationale for creating these posts. A comparison of the performance for quarter two and ...
Multi-Party Women’s Caucus
SALRC Adult Prostitution Report: Summit Recommendations; IEC initiatives on gender quotas for 2019 elections
30 May 2018
Document handed out: Report on Summit with Stakeholders on SALRC Report Project 107 Sexual Offences Adult prostitution; Draft Report of Summit with Stakeholders on the SALRC Report Project [Committee Reports available under Tabled Committee Reports once available]
The Multiparty Women’s Caucus (MPWC) met to consider its reports on the SA Law Reform ...
Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities
Department of Women & Commission for Gender Equality Budget: Committee Report
8 May 2018
The Committee observed that the Department of Women in the Presidency (DWP) had tabled its annual performance plan (APP) late, which would result in a finding against the Department, as confirmed by the Auditor General, and it wanted an explanation for this. The DWP had also not implemented some of ...
Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities
Department of Women Annual Performance Plan: Content Adviser and Researcher input
2 May 2018
The Committee Researcher reported that the expenditure report indicates under Vote 13 that the Department for Women has spent R150.2 million of its available budget of R206.2 million. The expenditure represents 98.3% of the R152.8million projected expenditure for this period. Strategic objectives include the promotion of strategic leadership, gender knowledge, ...
Multi-Party Women’s Caucus
UN CSW Report: briefing; SALRC Report on Adult Prostitution Summit: way forward; Traditional Courts Bill: discussion
25 Apr 2018
The Steering Committee considered the replacement of one of the opposition party members and how it was to go about it procedurally. It discussed the Commission on the Status of Women report focusing on the key issues which affect rural women and girls that came up in the different sessions. ...