What (a) is the total number of incidents of (i) sexual harassment and (ii) sexual assault that were reported in her Office (aa) in each of the past three financial years and (bb) since 1 April 2021, (b) number of cases (i) were opened and concluded, (ii) were withdrawn and (iii) remain open or pending based on the incidents and (c) sanctions were meted out against each person who was found guilty

Whether her Office, in collaboration with the Minister of Police, is working on (a0 policy documents and/or strategic plans to address the issues of (i) domestic violence, (ii) gender-based violence, (iii) femicide and (iv) crimes against members off the National Intervention Strategy for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Intersex community, particularly women living in urban informal settlements; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details of the specified policy documents and/or strategic plans?

With reference to the development of the Framework on Disability Rights Awareness Campaigns for Person with Disabilities, and the Framework on Self Representation for Person with Disabilities what (a) steps will her department take to ensure that the specified framework are implemented by other departments and (b) mechanisms will her department establish to measure the impact of the implementation of the frameworks?

whether any employees in her office have been on suspension with full salary since 1 June 2019; if not, what is the position in this regard; if so, what (a) number of employees and (b) is the total cost thereof?

Whether she and/or her Office ever received correspondence from a certain political organisation (details furnished0, via email,WhatsApp, hardcopy and/or in any other format of which the original file is dated June 2020; if not, what is the position in this regard; if so, (a) on what date was the specified correspondence received,(b) who was the sender off the correspondence and (c) what steps were taken by her Office in this regard?

(a) What number of supplier invoices currently remain unpaid by (i) her Office and (ii) each entity reporting to her for more than (aa) 30 days, (bb) 60 days, (cc) 90 days and (dd) 120 days, (b) what is the amount outstanding in each case and (c) by what date is it envisaged that the outstanding amounts will be settled? NW208EReply is attached here: DWYPD

(1) Whether her Office has made progress in addressing the severe underrepresentation of women in (a) various economic sectors and (b) decision-making positions in the private sector; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details; (2) What challenges have been identified in this regard?Attached find here: Reply