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Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities
Coerced sterilisation: CGE briefing; CGE 2019/20 Quarter 2 & 3 Performance
3 Mar 2020
The Commission for Gender Equality (CGE) reported that it had conducted an investigation into claims about women being coerced into reproductive sterilisation as early as 2015. The investigation had found that women were indeed being violated. They were not properly informed or counselled prior to being sterilized, some were not ...
Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities
NYDA 2019/20 Quarter 1, 2 & 3 performance; with Deputy Minister
25 Feb 2020
The Committee invited the National Youth Development Agency (NYDA) and the Department of Women, Youth and People with Disabilities (DWYPD) to present on their roles and the work they do together and separately. The Committee also touched on other matters that are currently steering the country such as Gender-based Violence ...
Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities
DWPD 2019/20 Quarter 3 performance & Quarter 2 performance outstanding matters; Minister and Deputy Minister in attendance
18 Feb 2020
The Committee was briefed by its Content Advisor and Parliamentary Researchers on the Department of Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities 2019/20 Quarter 3 Performance report and Quarter 2 performance outstanding matters. Members were told that the key issues were the following: the use of consultants, incomplete investigations of irregular ...
Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities
NYDA Board appointments: advert, programme and questionnaire
3 Dec 2019
The Sub-Committee considered and approved the programme, advert and questionnaire for applications to sit on the National Youth Development Agency (NYDA) Board. Advertising will start on 15 December 2019 and applications are open until 24 January 2020. An extra week is permitted for submission of the questionnaire until 31 January. ...
Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities
National Strategic Plan on Gender-Based Violence and Femicide, with Minister (postponed)
19 Nov 2019
The joint meeting involving various concerned Portfolio and Select Committees from the National Assembly and the National Council of Provinces (NCOP), met with the interim steering committee on Gender-Based Violence and Femicide (GBVF) to discuss the progress made with the development of a draft national strategic plan on GBVF, as ...
Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities
Progress in implementing AGSA recommendations: Audit and Risk Committee briefing; Department 2018/19 Quarter 2 performance
12 Nov 2019
The Department of Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities (DWYPD), and its Audit Risk Committee, met with the Committee to report on its progress in implementing the recommendations of the Auditor General South Africa (AGSA) for the 2018/19 financial year. The Audit Risk Committee reported that the Department had not ...
Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities
National Youth Development Agency 2018/19 Annual Report
29 Oct 2019
The Portfolio Committee met with Parliament researchers and the National Youth Development Agency (NYDA) to discuss the 2018/19 annual report and the Agency’s current performance. The absence of the Minister, Deputy Minister and Director General was noted at beginning of the meeting.
The researchers reported that ...
Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities
Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities Budgetary Review Recommendations Report
22 Oct 2019
Available here once adopted: BRRR 2019
The Committee discussed the prevalence of gender-based violence and femicide. The availability of rape kits at police stations and scarcity of doctors to perform assessments were raised as the main concerns. Members asked for a joint meeting to be held with the Portfolio ...
Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities
Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities Budgetary Review Recommendations Report
15 Oct 2019
Available here once adopted: BRRR 2019
The Committee Content Advisor to Parliament, took the Committee through the draft Budgetary Review and Recommendations Report (BRRR) for consideration of the annual and financial performance of the Department of Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities, and the Commission for Gender Equality (CGE). ...
Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities
Audit outcomes: Internal Audit & Risk Committee briefing; Department of Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities 2018/19 Annual Report; with Minister and Deputy Minister
9 Oct 2019
The Committee was briefed by the Audit & Risk Committee (ARC) of the Department of Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities (DWYPD) on the audit outcomes of the Department for 2018/19 and by the DWYPD on its 2018/19 Annual Report. The ARC was an independent, non-executive committee ...