The purpose of this programme is to facilitate national and international instruments into empowerment and socioeconomic development programmes as well as overseeing and reporting comprehensively on the national realisation of women's rights and the progressive realisation of equality. The overall budget for WEGE 2013/2014 is R 82.9 million. It should be noted that the transfer payment for the Commission for Gender Equality amounts to R63.1 million, constituting 76.12 per cent of this programme's budget.