Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities
Committee Report on Eastern Cape oversight visit
3 Nov 2015
Documents handed out:
Committee Report on Eastern Cape oversight visit
[Committee Reports available under Tabled Committee Reports once published on the ATC]
The Portfolio Committee on Women in the Presidency met to discuss a report recording its oversight visit to the Eastern Cape. The Committee had visited the Commission on ...
Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities
Women in the Presidency Budget Review and Recommendations Report
28 Oct 2015
BRRR 2015-2010: Budgetary Review & Recommendations Reports
The Portfolio Committee on Women in the Presidency considered and adopted the Budget Review and Recommendations Report.
It further adopted three sets of minutes dated the 13, 14 and 20 October 2015.
Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities
Department of Social Development (DSD): overviews of Gender Chief Directorate, its approach to Gender-based Violence (GBV), and the disability rights coordination mechanism.
27 Oct 2015
BRRR 2015-2010: Budgetary Review & Recommendations Reports
The Department of Social Development (DSD) conducted three briefings dealing with the Gender Chief Directorate, its approach to Gender-based Violence (GBV), and the disability rights coordination mechanism.
The overview of the Gender Chief Directorate dealt with the DSD’s efforts towards gender transformation. Members ...
Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities
Women in the Presidency Budget Review and Recommendations Report
20 Oct 2015
BRRR 2015-2010: Budgetary Review & Recommendations Reports
The Committee Content Advisor briefed Members on the Budgetary Review and Recommendation Report for 2015. Overall, the Department was not performing well. The Report did not mention how the budget was spent on the events hosted by the Department, or where it participated. ...
Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities
Commission for Gender Equality on its 1st Quarter 2015/16 performance
22 Sep 2015
The Commission on Gender Equality (CGE) came to the Committee to report on the first quarter of the 2015/16 financial year. These were important years, as 2015 was the African Union’s year of Economic Empowerment of Women, and the year of the movement from the Millenium Development Goals (MDGs) to ...
Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities
Department of Social Development on gender equality
17 Aug 2015
The Portfolio Committee had requested a meeting with the Department of Social Development at which the Department was supposed to present an overview of the programmes formerly located with the Department of Women, Children and People with Disabilities. However, the presentation did not take place, as the Department of Social ...
Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities
Department of Rural Development and Land Reform on gender equality (cont)
11 Aug 2015
The Department of Rural Development and Land Reform briefed the Committee on key programmes and policies intended to benefit women and persons with disabilities in South Africa, as well as contracts awarded to entities where women are directors and members. This was a follow-up meeting to the one held the ...
Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities
Gender mainstreaming in Department of Trade and Industry
23 Jun 2015
The Department of Trade and Industry briefed the Committee on its employment equity targets and its gender mainstreaming programmes.
The selected portfolio of programmes consisted of three groups. The first group was the Broadening Participation Programmes, which included the Technology Human Resources for Industry Programme (THRIP), the Support Programme for ...
Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities
Women and agro-processing: briefing by Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries
2 Jun 2015
The Director General reviewed the state of women in agriculture and policy interventions to help close the gender gap. The key programmes intended to benefit women were outlined as well as the progress made in each programme. Departmental statistics on how many women worked for DAFF were given and the ...
Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities
Commission for Gender Equality reports on CSW 57th Session; IBSA Conference; 365 Days of Action to End Violence; National Council on Gender Based Violence; Gender Focal Points; Courts; National Gender Summit; 2014 elections
21 Apr 2015
The Commission for Gender Equality briefed the Committee the status of gender mainstreaming throughout different departments in government and information relevant to monitoring the effectiveness of certain programmes which strive for gender equality. The Committee was also briefed on a number of documents including: Women and Political Parties in South ...