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This report assesses the activities undertaken by the Commission on Women in the Presidency from October to December 2017. It highlights achievements, spending patterns, and progress on targets outlined in the Annual Performance Plan (APP).
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Presentation to the Portfolio Committee on Women In the Presidency Quarter 1 Financial Year 2017/2018 (1 October – December 2017) 13 March 2018
Table of Contents Introduction Link between APP targets and NDP priorities and MTSF outcomes Link between APP targets and SONA priorities Overview of performance Progress on APP Conclusion
Introduction The report will be focused on assessing activities that were undertaken during the period 1 October to December 2017. The Commission engaged with the following programmes in the period:- Implementing activities as outlined in the APP 2) Commissioners’ first engagement ( the current and newly appointed in November) on Strategic direction of the Commission 3) 16 Days of Activism which runs in December and by its nature the period involves intense engagements with various stakeholders by the staff and members of the Commission The report will therefore highlight achievement or attainment of targets against what was planned for the period in the APP, highlight spending patterns and trends. 3
Link between The APP, the NDP priorities and MSTF outcomes 4
Link between The APP, the NDP priorities and MSTF outcomes 5
Overview of the Organisation For the quarte reporting 73.3% of planned targets planned for have been finalised. This percentage of achievement represents an improvement when compared to last financial year. In the last financial for the same period the Commission reported 72% of work done. ). During the planning period the anticipation was that all research reports would be finalised, however for reasons beyond the Commission’s control some reports are currently being drafted. ( e.g due to the new appointments of members of the Houses of Traditional Leaders access could not happen as quickly as was anticipated during the planning period. 7
Overview continue This quarter the commission continued to work with a number of strategic partners who assists in ensuring that the Commission’s objectives are realised without utilising a lot of resources. Danish Embassy - During the period the commission received an amount of R 206 640.75. UNFPA and FPB - Communications unit worked with these partners and hosted a dialogue on Media and GBV. GCIS - The communications unit worked with the GCIS on community radio programme for 16 Days of Activism Nemisa and SABC Foundation - Communications unit engaged with the SABC Foundation to activate the advertising of 16 days’ campaign 9
Overview continue UNDP; UN Women and Global Compact - During the period the Commission engaged with the abovementioned partners considering how to operationalise the gender seal; gender principles and procurement with business and how this work can complement the commission’s gender transformation hearings targeting private sector companies. IPAS Africa Alliance - Its and organisations that works globally to ensure that women and girls have improved access to and use of safe abortion and contraceptive care. And they have a strategy to work with NHRIs to increase capacity to support campaign for decriminalization of abortion in Africa but as well to identify ways in which these human rights institutions can contribute to the promotion and protection of reproductive rights. 10
Overview continue The Commission on basis of partnership with SABC Foundation through a PSA imparted information on gender equality for women’s month, targeting women and young girls. This PSA highlighted the CGE mandate but with a focus on issues that pertain to the PEPUDA within the context of women empowerment. The PSA was flighted in various SABC stations with free airtime totalling approximately R 1.4m 11
Key Issues Emanating from Implementation CHILD MARRIAGES: This issue has been highlighted in Provincial reports and specifically affect KZN and EC. There have been several incidents which need serious attention in the EC. Statutory rapes remains a challenge especially in the EC and the office with support from head office are looking into various cases in order to produce papers that will be utilised to hold various stakeholders within the justice cluster to account. GENDER BASE VIOLENCE: Various Provinces have indicated persistence of GBV in various communities. There has been indication of intimate partner issues and fact that in some provinces police refuse to consider these allegations and / or to arrest perpetrators. Various offices have further held interventions that sought to explain processes that should be followed to report GBV including issuance of protection orders. NC office under this theme engaged with SAPS in the province to discuss matters that were picked during the 16 days of activism period and highlighted some of the findings from research report that assessed status of victims of violence. Limpopo office also held meetings with SAPS cluster commanders with a view to engage them due to the complaints that the office received in terms of how some of the cases are handled during investigation processes. The GP office has been to demographically engage with Indian and coloured communities on issues relating to gender based violence. The office has further been monitoring a lot of cases that highlighted abuse of school children which erupted in the province.
Key Issues emanating from Implementation SEXUAL HARASSMENT: KZN office has reported that after engaging with Empangeni SMMEs it became clear that as much as there are policies and programmes in place to deal with women’s economic empowerment women are expected to give sexual favours to access them. The office has been requested to come up with a concept document that will elaborate on this issues so that head office can assist with interventions that can be held to address this matter. Limpopo Office Engagements with various stakeholders and departments revealed that sexual harassment in the workplace is rife. The office is working on a concept that will highlight the kind of intervention LGBTI: The commission was part of the panel discussion led by the SAHRC and network of African human rights institutions. Some provinces engaged with communities on terminology used for LGBTI and highlighted legislative framework that protects them from discrimination and procedures to be followed to lodge matters with equality courts. Rural KZN and MP engagements revealed that the leaders (traditional leaders) are not receptive of LGBTI people in their various communities.
Key Issues emanating from Implementation MEN’S FORUMS/ ENGAGEMENTS WITH MEN: MP and NC held workshops with various departments on matters pertaining to child care; marriages; maintenance; divorces and cohabiting and the law. WOMEN’S ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT: Observations from provinces is such that there are programmes in place however access remains a challenge. Various programmes seem not to have a proper monitoring and evaluation process which can allow for stock to be taken as to whether there is progress and measure what has been done and what still needs to be done. In Limpopo the need for interconnectedness between leading local and provincial departments as well as municipalities in order to ensure comprehensive services and access to grassroots was highlighted. There may be a need for the Commission to engage with various role players on this field on the seven principles on women empowerment as highlighted by UN Women. s must done
The department brought forward 544 files from the previous quarter. The third quarter requirements as set out in the Annual Performance Plan of the financial year 2017/2018 required the Legal Department to open 180 files. During this reporting period, the department opened 201 files. 39 outreach-legal clinics in collaboration with PEI conducted.
Programme Overview: Legal Systemic Investigations Transformation of the judiciary: The Commission has requested a meeting with the Minister of Justice and Constitutional Development and the Minister of Women in the Presidency as per the formal advice from the Office of the Presidency. The Commission is yet to receive confirmation of availability from both Ministers in question. CGE has continued to nominate/support female candidates The department further observed the interviews and satisfied that the interviews were fair towards female candidates. Decriminalisation of sex work Draft submission done by PLU which supports de-criminalisation Final draft has been submitted to the office for review and final sign off. 26
Programme Overview Legal Maternal Health: The Legal department has received 20 names of the complainants, the facilities where they treated and consent to the CGE investigation. The department has requested the NDoH to identify the districts where the implicated health facilities are. Once these districts are identified, there would be division into subgroups (CGE team and NDOH) that will go to the facilities and peruse the files of the complainants. Once all the sampled files are assessed, an analysis in terms of the then existing tubal ligation policy will be made. Each subgroup will compile a report and then the CGE legal team will compose the overall findings. A warm body meeting is scheduled at the NDoH offices in Pretoria on the 19th January 2018, for all joint investigation team members. The purpose of the meeting is to slot team members in the schedule of site visits and to familiarize everyone on the standardized checklist that will be a guiding document for the site visits. From the 22nd January 2018- 2nd February 2018, the 18 implicated sites will be visited by the team. 27
Mining investigation • A consultative meeting with De Beers took place on the 30 June 2017. De Beers was commended for the progress made in promoting gender in the workplace. Best practices were drawn from the company. A consultative meeting with Glencore took place on the 31st July 2017. The legal department observed that Glencore had challenges in promoting gender equality in the workplace. The lack of Persons with Disability was notably a concern to the Commission. Overview continue 27
SO2 31
SO3 43
Report on Coverage It should be note that the CGE attained the highest coverage in the month of October as opposed to the other months during the quarter. This period coincided with a number requests from media to have the GGE voice added onto several debates during the period. As part of the communication strategy for 16 Days the Communications unit undertook a social media activation wherein the CGE used the #Did_You_Know hashtag raising awareness about government, NGO mechanisms that are aimed at encouraging communities to report GBV in far more greater numbers. The objective was to raise awareness about the fact that there are various centres of government and NGOs where complaints about GBV can utilised for communities to seek justice in cases of GBV actions. 45
For the period 15 press releases were issued covering a myriad of issue; child marriages; transformation; gender based violence; concerns raised on issues the Commission found during monitoring of court processes and paternity matters. The spokesperson coordinated a total of 161 radio/TV/newspaper and opinion features for this quarter. The spokesperson report has further highlighted some risks that the Commission should take cognisance of that may affect the institutions as far as media work is concerned and these include and not limited to:- Responding to interview requests at short notice; not enough opinion pieces being written; writing of too many statements which may create risk; late response to provincial issues; need for a monitoring system that can record all interviews to allow analyses to be done and feedback given to improve 45
