QUARTERLY REPORT

1st Quarter 2012/13April – June 2012

BRANCH : Women’s Empowerment and Gender Equality

UNIT: Women’s Empowerment and gender Equality

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PROGRAMME OBJECTIVE

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• To facilitate and coordinate women’s empowerment and gender equality through mainstreaming in all government’s policies, programmes and governance processes as well as advocating, lobbying and awareness raising

• To monitor compliance and conduct impact assessments on women’s empowerment and gender equality as well as compile reports to meet national, regional, continental and international commitments

• To provide an integrated approach for institutional support and capacity development

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Strategic Objective

Performance Indicator/output

2012/13 Quarter 1 Target Responsible

Manager

Progress (Achieved,

Partially Achieved or

Not Achieved)

Reason for Variances

(partially or not achieved)

Proposed Corrective

Actions

To facilitate and coordinate women’s empowerment and gender equality through mainstreaming in all government’s policies programmes and governance processes as well as advocating lobbying and awareness raising

Number of departments and provinces work shopped and supported on implementation of National Policy on WEGE

National policy finalised, consulted and submitted to cabinet

CD Advocacy & Mainstreaming

Partially achieved

Clusters are yet to be consulted

Consultation will be done during Q2

Draft National Gender Mainstreaming Strategy

Gender Mainstreaming Strategy consulted and approved

CD Advocacy and Mainstreaming

Achieved

New Growth Path Engendered

Advocacy programme on engendering the New Growth Path nationally

Advocate for 50% allocation of Job Fund for women

CD Advocacy and Mainstreaming

Partially Achieved

Partially Achieved

Closing date was 31 May 2012 and awarding of funds has not taken place

Follow up with Job fund in 2nd Quarter

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Strategic Objective

Performance Indicator/output

2012/13 Quarter 1 Target Responsible

Manager

Progress (Achieved,

Partially Achieved or

Not Achieved)

Reason for Variances

(partially or not achieved)

Proposed Corrective Actions

To facilitate and coordinate women’s empowerment and gender equality through mainstreaming in al government’s policies programmes and governance processes as well as advocating lobbying and awareness raising

Number of programmes on rural women’s development coordinated

1 Programme on strategy for rural women’s development coordinated

CD Advocacy and Mainstreaming

Achieved

Number of Advocacy and Social Campaigns coordinated

1 Advocacy Campaign on increasing women’s economic opportunities coordinated

CD Advocacy and Mainstreaming

Achieved

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Strategic Objective

Performance Indicator/output

2012/13Quarter 1 Target

Responsible Manager

Progress (Achieved, Partially

Achieved or Not Achieved)

Reason for Variances(partially or not

achieved)Proposed Corrective Actions

To monitor compliance and conduct impact assessments on women’s empowerment and gender equality as well as compile reports to meetnational, regional, continental and international commitments

Number of national departments monitored on WEGE

Monitoring tool with gender responsive indicators developed

3 national departments work-shopped and monitored on gender responsiveness

CD: Monitoring and Evaluation

Partially achieved

Not achieved

Although draft diagnostic and M&E framework drafted and validation workshop was convened, strategy is not yet completed and indicators not yet identified. Consequently monitoring tool not developed.

•One M&E meeting for GFPs (national and provincial) held where rapid assessment questionnaire shared so that interim reporting framework created•Finalise strategy for M&E, Framework and identify indicators•Develop a tool that can be implemented despite no funding for IT system for capturing data at current stage

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Strategic Objective

Performance Indicator/output

2012/13Quarter 1 Target

Responsible Manager

Progress (Achieved,

Partially Achieved or Not Achieved)

Reason for Variances(partially or not

achieved)

Proposed Corrective Actions

To monitor compliance and conduct impact assessments on women’s empowerment and gender equality as well as compile reports to meetnational, regional, continental and international commitments

Number of provinces gender audited

Implementation of gender audit tool across four provinces(Free State, Limpopo, KZN and Eastern Cape)

CD: Monitoring and Evaluation

PartiallyAchievedKZN,EC, FS)

•Three provinces audited and reports produced. Limpopo is the only province in which the audit was not undertaken. •Audit reports also available for DoH (national and provincial audits)•Report available on Harmful Traditional practices in EC developed

Pursue that Limpopo can actually undertake this task.

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Strategic Objective

Performance Indicator/output

2012/13

Quarter 1 Target

Responsible Manager

Progress (Achieved,

Partially Achieved or Not Achieved)

Reason for Variances(partially or not

achieved)

Proposed Corrective Actions

To monitor compliance and conduct impact assessments on women’s empowerment and gender equality as well as compile reports to meetnational, regional, continental and international commitments

Number of databases established and monitored

1 database of women in construction in provinces

1 database on women on the 15 SETA Boards

CD: Monitoring and Evaluation

Partially Achieved

Achieved SETA boards database established

• Databases initiated for provincial levels on women in construction, tourism, women farmers. Three provinces (Gauteng, FS and NW) have begun to submit information while the other 6 remaining provinces are working on their inputs.

Ongoing collaboration with provinces and national institutions on database. Working with SAWIMA on database on women in mining.

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Strategic Objective

Performance Indicator/output

2012/13

Quarter 1 Target

Responsible Manager

Progress (Achieved,

Partially Achieved or Not Achieved)

Reason for Variances(partially or not

achieved)Proposed Corrective

Actions

To monitor compliance and conduct impact assessments on women’s empowerment and gender equality as well as compile reports to meetnational, regional, continental and international commitments

Number of provincial monitoring visits to women’s projects, including green economy projects and case studies documented and published

3 monitoring visit in Gauteng, North West and KZN

CD: Monitoring and Evaluation

PartiallyAchieved

• Only able to execute provincial visits in the Gauteng province •No monitoring tool developed yet

Work with provinces to accelerate monitoring visitsAlso expedite monitoring tool development

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Strategic Objective

Performance Indicator/output

2012/13

Quarter 1 Target

Responsible Manager

Progress (Achieved, Partially

Achieved or Not Achieved)

Reason for Variances(partially or not achieved)

Proposed Corrective Actions

To monitor compliance and conduct impact assessments on women’s empowerment and gender equality as well as compile reports to meetnational, regional, continental and international commitments

Number of reports on compliance to regional, continental and international commitments developed and submitted to Cabinet and /or Multilateral bodies as per timeframe and request

1 Report on SADC Monitoring tool to SADC

1 Report on participation at the 3rd NAM Ministerial meeting submitted to Cabinet

1 report on the participation in the 56th Session of the UN CSW submitted to Cabinet

CD: Monitoring and Evaluation

Achieved for current reporting period. Next report is due in 2013

Achieved

Achieved Drafted report On participation in UNSCW 56th Session

Deposition of protocol ratification is slow. Forwarded letter for proof of ratification of SADC protocol by Parliament deposition of SADC Protocol to the Speaker of the National Assembly

Fast tracking the deposition in collaboration with DIRCO – using minutes of NA which highlights ratification by NA.

Report to be submitted to Cabinet

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Strategic Objective

Performance Indicator/output

2012/13Quarter 1 Target

Responsible Manager

Progress (Achieved, Partially

Achieved or Not Achieved)

Reason for Variances(partially or not

achieved)

Proposed Corrective Actions

To monitor compliance and conduct impact assessments on women’s empowerment and gender equality as well as compile reports to meetnational, regional, continental and international commitments

Number of reports on compliance to national commitments developed and submitted to Cabinet

1 report on representation of women in decision making positions in SMS levels in government

1 assessment report on impact of training programme on gender mainstreaming in Public Service

CD: Monitoring and Evaluation

Not achieved

Not achieved

Unable to implement this due to lack of sufficient human capacity

Unable to implement this due to lack of sufficient human capacity

Initiate collaboration with DPSA to determine how this assessment can be undertaken effectively given the constraints

Initiated networking process with CIDA and PALAMA for a joint meeting on the impact of training programme. Engaging on follow-up processes. Possibility of including within the CIDA Project closure process.

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Strategic ObjectivePerformance

Indicator/ Output 2012/13

Q1 Target Responsible

Manager

Progress (Achieved,

Partially Achieved or

Not Achieved

Reason for Variances

(partially or not achieved)

Proposed Corrective

Actions

To provide an integrated approach for institutional support and capacity building

Capacity building andinstitutional supportprogrammes facilitatedand coordinated

Report on CapacityDevelopment needs forgender mainstreamingand responsivebudgeting at nationallevel

CD: Institutional Support and capacity development

Achieved

Strategy formainstreaming genderconsiderations inintegrated public servicedelivery coordinated

Capacity buildingframework formainstreaming ofgender considerationsinto all governmentprogrammes finalised 

CD: Institutional Support and capacity development

PartiallyAchieved

Finalized but needs to be Approved

Send via submission for approval

Institutional Framework developed

Draft InstitutionalFramework consultednationally

CD: Institutional Support and capacity development

Achieved

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Strategic Objective

Performance Indicator/ Output 2012/13

Q1 Target Responsible

Manager

Progress (Achieved,

Partially Achieved or

Not Achieved

Reason for Variances

(partially or not achieved

Proposed Corrective Actions

To provide an integrated approach for institutional support and capacity building

Gender Machineries convened

National GenderMachinery Convened

CD: Institutional Support and capacity development

Achieved

Institutional support andcapacity building tomeet international andregional obligationsfacilitated

2 Provincial greeneconomyempowermentinitiatives coordinatedand facilitated

CD: Institutional Support and capacity development

Achieved

Integrated institutionalmechanisms forempowerment of youngwomen facilitated

Finalisation of relevantMOUs facilitated

CD: Institutional Support and capacity development

Achieved

• Developed joint programmes with the DTI on the implementation of the International Year of Cooperatives

• Conducted Social Advocacy interventions and donations to families of GBV fatalities in Mamelodi and Atteridgeville

• Incorporated inputs from UNDP, DRDLR, CRR and RPD• Concept document on Women’s month activities • Chaired the task team meeting with techno girls, education and unicef

Presentation to EC Provincial Equity • Participated in the Tokologo municipality (FS)– Cogta green economy

initiative –waste to wealth as part of the clean cities initiative • NGM government focal points consultation held• Report of the women and youth African Diaspora conference • Advocacy campaign on the Traditional Courts Bill for women’s rights• Participated in a meeting with UN Women on the Gender Responsive

Budgeting, and Women in Informal Cross Border Trade• Participate in the Women in Agriculture and Rural Development

(WARD) AGM

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MAIN ACHIEVEMENTS

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MAIN ACHIEVEMENTS

• Developed and finalised National Policy for WEGE. Consulted with four DG clusters as follows:- Economic Sectors and Employment : 04 April 2012- G&A : 12 April 2012- Social DG Cluster : 18 April 2012- JCPS cluster : 8 May 2012- Social Cluster : 13 June 2012- G&A Working Group : 21 June 2012

• Gender Audits completed in KZN, EC and FS. Audit reports available.• Audit report available for National DoH, and report on 9 provincial health

departments • Report on delegation participation in 56th Session of CSW developed• Able to visit several women’s projects in Gauteng province. Report to be

finalised• Establishment of databases especially women on SETA boards and in

mining

SUPPLIMENTARY PROJECTS (Activities)

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• Supported the Research Indaba• Participated in the Women’s Monument Workshop

organised by the Gauteng Dept of Sports, Arts, Culture and Recreation and City of Tshwane

• Participate in the Rio+20 conference on Sustainable Development

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SUPPLIMENTARY PROJECTS

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• Supporting the Secretariat for the National Council against GBV especially on issues of development partners /donor funding as follows:

- Participated in the Joint Gender Fund workshop on 08-10 May 2012 on GVB Funding;

- Presented on poverty-HIV-gender issues to the Joint Gender Fund strategic meeting

- Participated in joint UNFPA/UNICEF/DWCPD meeting on GBV funding on 07 May 2012

- Presented on WEGE policy to JCPS DG Cluster on 08 May 2012

- Participated in Meeting with GBV Partners (DFID/UNICEF/UNFPA/DWCPD/Save the Children Fund/CDC) on 22 May 2012 on programme concept for funding on GBV

BRANCH CHALLENGES REQUIRING INTERVENTION

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• Lack of capacity both warm bodies and requisite skills to undertake M&E / develop M&E systems and other unit work

• Lack of funding to effectively implement operational plan

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BUDGET REPORT: CD-M&E

Item Budget Expenditure Balance

COE 3 050 000 478 242 2 571 758

Goods and Services 2 585 000 283 544 2 301 456

Transfers 0 0 0

Capital 50 000 0 50 000

TOTAL: 5 685 000 761 786 4 923 214

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