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Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities
Committee Strategic Plan and Annual Performance Plan for 2016/17; First Term Programme
31 Jan 2017
The Committee considered and adopted all outstanding minutes from 2016.
The Committee also also discussed and approved its first term programme. There was consensus in holding departments and such officials more accountable in 2017. It was agreed that this should be done through more active and vigorous engagement with various ...
National Youth Development Agency appointments
Committee Minutes & Security Clearance Report
24 Jan 2017
The Ad Hoc Joint Committee on the Appointment of Board Members to the National Youth Development Agency spent more than three hours debating about the minutes of the previous meeting.
Two issues arose. The EFF, first, charged that it had not been invited to the previous meetings. The party felt ...
Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities
Commission for Gender Equality on Quarter 2 performance
29 Nov 2016
The Commission for Gender Equality presented its 2nd quarter 2016 report. The Committee was briefed on the work during the second quarter, linking this back to targets and comparing the output with first quarter results. The CGE programmes included gender transformation hearings and a gender barometer, and social social protection activities, ...
Appointment to the Commission for Gender Equality
Election of the Chairperson
23 Nov 2016
The Committee met to elect the Chairperson of the Ad Hoc Committee on the Filling of Vacancies for Gender Equality. The Committee decided to meet the following week to adopt its programme.
Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities
Department of Women in the Presidency on its 2nd Quarter 2016/17 performance, with Minister; National Dialogues on Violence against Women and Children
15 Nov 2016
The Department of Women presented its 2nd Quarter Performance Report and the plan for the National Dialogues on Violence against Women and Children.
The presentation on the 2nd Quarter Report dealt with the achieved and non-achieved targets for the current financial year per programme. The non-achieved targets were as a ...
Multi-Party Women’s Caucus
Decriminalisation of adult sex work & SALRC Project 107 Adult Prostitution: Deputy Minister of Justice briefing; Commonwealth Women Parliamentarians Strategic Plan 2016
2 Nov 2016
The Deputy Minister of Justice and Constitutional Development briefed the Multi- Party Women's Caucus (MPWC) on the concerns raised at a previous meeting held on 17 August 2016 that focused on the South African Law Reform Commission (SALRC) and efforts to reform the laws on decriminalization of adult sex work. ...
Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities
Commission for Gender Equality on its 2015/16 Annual Report
12 Oct 2016
The Commission for Gender Equality (CGE) achieved 89% of its strategic objectives in the past financial year, reflecting a year-on-year improvement since 2014. The clean audit report reflects responsible financial management, however decreasing revenue and the solvency ratio show that there is clear room for improvement. The CGE noted that ...
Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities
Department of Women on its 2015/16 Annual Report; Auditor-General on Department & Commission on Gender Equality audits, with Minister in attendance
11 Oct 2016
The Portfolio Committee met to receive the 2015/16 annual report of the Department of Women in the Presidency (DWP), as well as briefings from the Auditor General’s office, Parliamentary researchers and a Parliamentary content advisor.
The advisor and researchers all echoed that the DWP was performing poorly, as the Department ...
Multi-Party Women’s Caucus
Commonwealth Women Parliamentarians (CWP) chapter launch; Sanitary Towel VAT exemption and Gender Based Budgeting: Treasury briefing
14 Sep 2016
Ms Thoko Didiza, newly-elected Chairperson of the Commonwealth Women Parliamentarians (CWP) briefed the joint Multi-Party Women’s Caucus (MPWC) on the launch of the CWP Chapter. As a member of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (CPA), her main focus would be to promote democracy and sustainable development, as well as to engage ...
Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities
National Treasury on gender mainstreaming; gender responsive budgeting, Department of Women & CGE budget allocation
13 Sep 2016
The National Treasury briefed the Committee with reports on gender mainstreaming, gender responsive budgeting and the allocation of funding to the Department of Woman in the Presidency and the Commission for Gender Equality (CGE).
The atmosphere was notably tense, with underlying political and racial differences being articulated in certain remarks, ...