DEPARTMENT: AGRICULTURE

GENDER FOCAL POINT

DoA in the process of establishing the Gender Forum – ratified by Departmental Executive Committee on 13 July 2003

Composition of the Forum is 70% women and 30% men nominated from the departmental programmes

The Forum is to report to the Director General and the Employment Equity Forum on regular basis

Budgetary issues will be effected after the launch

DEPARTMENT: AGRICULTURE

Management

Currently the department has 40% of women in senior positions

Top management – DG; 2x DDGs; Chief of Staff Ministry; 1x ADG

Department headed by a womanAll Senior Managers expected to report at QRMs

on the status of staff compliment In the process of revising the HRM recruitment

strategy to cater for gender imbalances

DEPARTMENT: AGRICULTURE

Staff Compliment

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1200

WHITE MALE WHITEFEMALE

COLOUREDMALE

COLOUREDFEMALE

INDIAN MALE INDIANFEMALE

AFRICANMALE

AFRICANFEMALE

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Representavity

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12%

31%

22%

2%

10%

16%

6%

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WHITE MALE WHITE FEMALE COLOURED MALE

COLOURED FEMALE INDIAN MALE INDIAN FEMALE

AFRICAN MALE AFRICAN FEMALE VACANT

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Representavity

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49%

16% 15%

20%

WHITE MALE WHITE FEMALE BLACK MALE BLACK FEMALE

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Representavity

MALE AND FEMALE

64%36%

MALE

FEMALE

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Female Farmer competition of the year

Since 1999 the department has been celebrating women’s input in agriculture through this competition

Women were given recognition in the three categories: Top Exporter; Top National Markets; Top Informal Markets.

This year added the fourth category – Top Household Producer

Winners are playing a pivotal role in the economy of this country

DEPARTMENT: AGRICULTURE

Way forward

The Gender forum will be launched early next as approved by Dexco – would be a feeder to the Employment Equity Forum with the Transformation Officer in the Office of the Director General as the ex-officio member.

Thank you