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Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities
Disabilities Rights Framework & Disability Bill: SALRC & Department briefing
3 Feb 2021
Video: Portfolio Committee on Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities,
The South African Law Reform Commission (SALRC) gave a presentation to the Committee on project 148: domestication of the United Nations Convention on the rights of people with disabilities. The SALRC received a request to investigate the domestication of the ...
Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities
Sanitary Dignity Programme implementation
2 Feb 2021
Video: Portfolio Committee on Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities 2 Feb 2021
13 Oct 2020: Sanitary Dignity Programme implementation
The Committee convened on a virtual platform to receive presentations from the different provincial departments of social development on their Sanitary Dignity Programme Implementation.
Northern Cape first outlined its programme ...
Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities
DWYPD Budgetary Review Recommendations Report
3 Dec 2020
Video: PC Women, 3 December 2020
2020 Budget Review & Recommendations Reports – BRRR
The Committee was convened on a virtual platform to adopt its Budgetary Review and Recommendation Report (BRRR).
Members emphasised the importance of strengthening Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) process and ensuring there was a timeframe in place, supply ...
Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities
NYDA & CGE 2019/20 Annual Reports
2 Dec 2020
Video: PC Women, 2 December
In this virtual meeting, the National Youth Development Agency (NYDA) and the Commission for Gender Equality (CGE) presented their 2019/20 Annual Reports to the Committee. The NYDA achieved a sixth clean audit from the Auditor General of South Africa.
The NYDA achieved ...
Health
Minister of Health on Forced Sterilisation of Women living with HIV/AIDS in South Africa
25 Nov 2020
Video: Joint Meeting: Portfolio Committee on Health and Portfolio Committee on Women... 25 November 2020
Investigative Report of the Commission for Gender Equality on Forced Sterilisation of Women living with HIV and Aids
Question NW2655 to the Minister in The Presidency for Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities
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Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities
DWYPD, NYDA & CGE Audit outcomes: AGSA briefing
24 Nov 2020
Report of the meeting to follow.
Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities
DWYPD 2019/20 Annual Report; Audit challenges; with Ministry
17 Nov 2020
The Department of Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities presented its 2019/2020 Annual Report to the Committee.
The Department received an unqualified audit opinion for 2019/2020 financial year with 27 findings, an improvement from 2018/2019 that had 59 findings. On annual performance and set targets for 2019/2020 financial year, the ...
Multi-Party Women’s Caucus
GBV Bills briefing; with Deputy Ministers
29 Oct 2020
B17-2020 - Criminal and Related Matters Amendment Bill
B16-2020 - Criminal Law (Sexual Offences and Related Matters) Amendment Act Amendment Bill
B20-2020 - Domestic Violence Amendment Bill
The Multi-Party Women’s Caucus, in a virtual sitting, met for a briefing on three Bills currently before Parliament, addressing Gender-Based Violence and Femicide ...
Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities
NYDA Quarter 2 2020/21 performance; with Deputy Minister
27 Oct 2020
The National Youth Development Agency (NYDA) briefed the Committee on its Quarter Two performance report for the 2020/2021 financial year. The meeting took place on a virtual platform. The NYDA continues to function operationally – it has safely reopened all offices and thus far has only had seven confirmed cases ...
Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities
Commission for Gender Equality 2020/21 Quarter One Performance
20 Oct 2020
In a virtual meeting, the Commission for Gender Equality (CGE) presented to the Committee its quarter one performance report for the 2020/21 financial year. Financially, as at 30 June 2020, the Commission’s financial position is sound, healthy in terms of the solvency and liquidity test. These measures are favourable with ...