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Presentation to the Justice and Constitutional Development Portfolio Committee: 7 November 2007

COMMISSION ON GENDER EQUALITY. Presentation to the Justice and Constitutional Development Portfolio Committee: 7 November 2007. Overview of presentation. What were key aspects of the CGE’s strategic/business plan for 2006/7, and in particular what were its key targets?

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Presentation to the Justice and Constitutional Development Portfolio Committee: 7 November 2007

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  1. COMMISSION ON GENDER EQUALITY Presentation to the Justice and Constitutional Development Portfolio Committee: 7 November 2007

  2. Overview of presentation • What were key aspects of the CGE’s strategic/business plan for 2006/7, and in particular what were its key targets? • How has the CGE performed in terms of the plan and in particular the key targets? Where you did not achieve these targets, why was this the case? • How was the budget allocated for the 2006/7 financial year used? • What lessons were drawn from the CGE experiences of the 2006/7 financial year? How has this influenced the strategic/business plan for this and future financial years? • What are key aspects of the strategic plan for this financial year and the mid-term? • What are some of the key challenges facing the CGE and how are these being addressed? • Apart from exercising effective oversight, how can the Portfolio Committee be of assistance to the CGE? • What are other specific issues that the CGE wants to raise with the Committee?

  3. Key aspects of the CGE’s strategic plan for 2006/7 and key targets • To provide a range of quality and accessible services: • Develop programmes to promote access to services to improve stakeholder satisfaction • Strengthen outreach services Achieved • To influence legislation and policies to be gender-sensitive: • Respond to all legislation and relevant policy Achieved

  4. Performance of the Commission on Gender Equality in 2006/7 Public Education and Information: Develops, manages and conducts information and education programmes, including workshops and campaigns, for the promotion and attainment of gender equality Research: Undertakes monitoring and evaluation research in all provinces with regard to the implementation and implications of legislation and gender policies and programs Legal Services: Investigates gender-related issues on its own accord or upon receipt of a complaint; Evaluates and monitors any Act of Parliament or any other law or treaty affecting or likely to affect gender equality or the status of women and makes submissions to Parliament with regard thereto.

  5. National Outreach Record

  6. National Complaints Record

  7. Submissions • Impact of the Promotion of Equality and Prevention of Unfair Discrimination • Equality Legislation and Institutions that Promote Democracy • Civil Unions Bill • Sexual Offences Amendment Bill • Commission on Gender Equality Act

  8. Advertising complaints • First for Women (television) • Teazers Strip Club (billboard) • Teazers (newspaper)

  9. Court Monitoring • Eastern Cape: 18 • KwaZulu-Natal: 20 • North West: 4 • Free State: 4 • Western Cape: 10 • Northern Cape: 8 • Limpopo: 25

  10. Amicus Curia • Shilubane Chieftaincy matter • Masiya matter • Pensionable age matter

  11. Monitoring of compliance to international and regional instruments • Monitoring of international, regional and sub-regional instruments and substantive input • Participation in World Conferences (CSW, 4th WCRW) • Participation in international meetings: Commonwealth and meetings of UN agencies • Interaction with foreign delegations

  12. Research • Widowhood research • Assessment of capacity and implementation of gender mainstreaming policy in the public sector: Annual Report Card and Gender Barometer • Assessment of gender responsiveness in education policy • Education • Women in Local government • HIV/AIDS

  13. Communication • Communication support for line functions • Media relations Interviews, press briefings, press conferences, press statements, responses to media enquiries • Public / stakeholder relations • Website development, maintenance & monitoring • Development of stakeholder database

  14. Expenditure in terms of budget allocation for 2006/7

  15. Expenditure in terms of budget allocation for 2006/7

  16. Expenditure in terms of budget allocation for 2006/7

  17. Influences of 2006/7 on strategic planning for 2007/8 • Revised structure: Communication & IT • Building capacity in HR, Finance department • Under-spending: non-appointment of commissioners (affecting range of expenditures incl. salaries), staff resignations, national conferences not taking place (GBV & widowhood) • Collaboration with C9s is essential – MOU to be developed amongst ourselves to maximize information management e.g. on complaints • Reviewing relationship with ASASA to ensure CGE’s independence is not compromised • Revision and strengthening of outreach strategy • Detailed formulation of goals and objectives around thematic areas in next stratplan • Inclusion of HIV/AIDS as a thematic area (previously cross-cutting) • Litigation strategy to be developed • M&E of government departments and framework of reporting to be implemented for NGM and GFPs through Gender Barometer (cost & time saving)

  18. Key aspects of stratplan for 2007/8 • Integrated approach to service delivery: research / legal / PEI • Formulated 6 broad goals, to be taken up in the next stratplan and mid-term:

  19. Goals of the strategic plan for 2007/8 and the mid-term (cont.) 1. Cooperating with strategic partners and cognizant to HIV/AIDS and poverty, the CGE works towards the creation of a violence-free society through the reduction of gender-based violence 2. In partnership with civil society and through improved frameworks and systems for monitoring, evaluation and reporting, the CGE becomes the national authority on gender equity compliance, gender mainstreaming and promoting gender best practice

  20. Goals of the strategic plan for 2007/8 and the mid-term (cont.) 3. The CGE takes advantage of opportunities to collaborate with the National Treasury and StatsSA on their longitudinal research processes, with the view to ensuring that such studies take into account the impact of poverty on poor women and gender equality. 4. The CGE evaluates the role South African cultures, religions and traditions pay in contributing towards gender inequality and work towards rectifying these inequalities

  21. Goals of the strategic plan for 2007/8 and the mid-term (cont.) 5. The CGE strengthens the national gender machinery in order for it to become more effective in promoting gender equality and SA constitutional democracy 6. The CGE becomes a responsive, efficient and accountable learning organisation with the necessary policies, processes, systems, structure and resources to deliver quality products/services in the fulfillment of its mandate

  22. Key challenges facing the CGE and how are these being addressed? • Dealing with entrenched gender inequality and patriarchy • Implementation of legislation and law enforcement by officials – e.g. maintenance complaints • Many people do not know the content of the Constitution and have little knowledge of C9s (incl. media) • Amendment of previous statutes that violate the Constitution (i.r.o. “Bantustans” former homelands) • Capacity of National Gender Machinery, status of structures in provincial parliaments • Limited/lack of resources for gender transformation structures to participate • Reaching out to remote rural areas, lack of programmes for young women, HIV/AIDS • Easy flow of information from Dept. of Foreign Affairs to enable CGE to participate in sub-regional, regional and international activities • Lack of access to country reports in time for monitoring

  23. Challenges (cont.) • Developing strategies to retain staff • Review of CGE’s PPR&R • Delays in appointment of commissioners • Uneven distribution of skilled people across the country – impact on appointment of CGE staff • Remoteness of rural areas – impact on access and outreach of CGE

  24. How can the Portfolio Committee be of assistance to the CGE? • Conditions of service for commissioners • Challenging the Treasury Central Evaluation Committee criteria for grading the C9s • Equality Review Committee – equal status to be given to C9s • Committee to ensure that recommendations in annual report are implemented and referrals to other parliamentary committees are made

  25. Specific issues that the CGE wants to raise with the Committee • Access to country reports to enable CGE to comment: SADC, AU, Nepad, APRM • Revision of CGE Act • Active participation of committee members in CGE stratplan development

  26. Thank you

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