Budget Report 2006/7

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COMMISSION ON GENDER EQUALITY

• Budget Report 2006/7
• 01 June 2007

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Vision

• A society free from unlawful and unfair
  gender-based discrimination and oppression.

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Mission

• Promoting, protecting, monitoring and evaluating
  gender equality in all social structures.
• Continuously engaging in cooperative and visible
  partnerships with stakeholders at large.
• Supporting democratic processes by facilitating
  gender equality in society as a whole.

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Constitutional Mandate

• The Commission on Gender Equality is an
  independent statutory body, established in terms
  of Section 187, Chapter 9 of the Constitution of
  South Africa, Act 108 of 1996. The powers and
  functions of the CGE are detailed in the
  Commission on Gender Equality Act 39 of 1996. In
  terms of Section 11(1), the CGE must
• Monitor all organs of society to ensure that
  gender equality is respected, protected,
  developed and attained.
• Assess all legislation from a gender perspective.
  
• Conduct research and make recommendations to
  Parliament and other authorities.
• Educate and inform the public.
• Investigate complaints on gender-related issues.
• Monitor South Africas progress towards gender
  equality and compliance with international norms.
  
• Liaise and interact with various institutions,
  bodies or authorities, as well as with civil
  society, to promote gender equality.

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Strategic objectives

• Monitor, and develop where necessary, effective
  gender monitoring mechanisms for public and
  private institutions to ensure the appropriate
  implementation of gender sensitive strategies,
  policies and programs
• Develop, manage and conduct information and
  education programs for the promotion and
  attainment of gender equality
• Evaluate and monitor and Act of Parliament or any
  other law or treaty affecting or likely to affect
  gender equality or the status of women and make
  recommendations to Parliament with regard
  thereto
• Investigate any gender-related issues on its own
  accord or upon receipt of a complaint and
  endeavour to resolve any dispute and rectify any
  act or omission

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Regular corporate activities

• Updating of Principles, Policies, Rules and
  Regulations
• Corporate Governance Charter
• Performance Management
• Skills Development
• Employment Equity
• Risk Management Fraud Prevention
• Pension Fund Management
• Supply Chain Management
• Internal Auditing
• Audit Committee
• External audit
• Strategic Planning
• Internal Review
• Reporting to Parliament

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Human Resources

1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
Total 42 54 56 59 59 70 72 94 101
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Financial Resources

• Treasury allocation increased from R8m in 1998/9
  to R37.8m in 2006/7
• Current allocation for 2007/8 is R39,7m

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Financial Resources
  98/99 99/00 00/01 01/02 02/03 03/04 04/05 05/06
Treasury Allocation R8.0m R10.7m R12.2m R13.0m R14.9m R17.3m R 21.3 R26.6
Donor Funds R0.6m R1.2m R0.3m R0.3m R1.5m R1.7m R2.0m R1.7m
Requested Budget R20.0m R22.0m R25.0m R30.0m R34.0m R39.0m 39.4m R44.0m
Shortfall R11.4m R10.1m R12.6m R16.7m R17.6m R20.0m R16.1m R15.7m
06/07 07/08
37.8m 39.7
2m 2,5m
39.5m 44.1m
1.5m 3.9m
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Financial Resources

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Budgeted personnel expenses
2008 2007 2006
Commissioners R5,835,423 R5,117,315 R4,827,655
Staff R20,796,231 R18,182,208 R11,736,623
Total R26,631,654 R23,299,523 R16,564,278
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Distribution of Funding
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Programme Expenditure
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Division of funding

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• EXTERNAL FUNDERS

• Mott Foundation
• Research on Womens Participation in Local
  Governance
• Heinrich Böhl Stiftung
• Gender Opinion Survey
• Premiers Discretionary Fund
• Eastern Cape Province
• European Union
• Civil Society Advocacy Programme (with other
  C9s)

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Communications

• Media relations Interviews, press briefings,
  press conferences, press statements responses
  to media enquiries
• Publicity marketing for the CGE
• Public Relations
• Website development, maintenance monitoring
• Development of stakeholder database
• Communication support for line functions

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Programmes

• 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.

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Research

• Gender implications of Widowhood
• Assessment of capacity of the Department of
  Education in infusing gender in the school
  curriculum - Annual Report Card
• Development of the Gender Barometer Report for
  South Africa
• Gender, HIV/AIDS and the Elderly Survey
• Country Compliance Monitoring through United
  Nations of the Commission on the Status of Women
• infusion of gender in national, sub-regional,
  regional and international processes that are
  developing human right treaties.
• Review of the National Gender Machinery of South
  Africa

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Most Pervasive Gender Equality Concerns in 2006/7

• Femicide
• Rape (male and female)
• HIV/AIDS
• Abuse and sexual offences against boy and girl
  children
• Domestic violence, lack of maintenance payment
  and secondary victimization by the justice system
• Teenage pregnancy
• Boy-to-boy violence in schools
• Witch-hunting, ritual murders
• Exploitation and financial abuse of widows and
  elderly people
• Offences and discrimination on the basis of
  sexual orientation
• Sexual harassment, unfair labour practices,
  bullying and abuse of women on all levels in the
  workplace
• Gender-based violence against people with
  disability

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Public Education and Information

• Educational Programmes
• Campaigns, workshops, dialogues
• Development of resource material
• Information Programmes
• Publications that are posted to the CGE website
• Resource Centres
• Exhibitions
• Archiving of all CGE documentation electronically
  and in hard copy forma
• Information Technology Support
• IT Policy for CGE
• IT Support and Maintenance

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PUBLIC EDUCATION INFORMATION
TOTAL NUMBER OF WORKSHOPS FOR ALL PROVINCES TOTAL NUMBER OF PARTICIPANTS FOR ALL PROVINCES TOTAL NUMBER OF POPULATION REACHED FOR ALL PROVINCES
81 Urban 160 Rural 21387 21387 x 10 213,870
TOTAL NUMBER OF GENDER DIALOGUES FOR ALL PROVINCES TOTAL NUMBER OF PARTICIPANTS FOR ALL PROVINCES TOTAL NUMBER OF POPULATION REACHED FOR ALL PROVINCES
9 Urban 16 Rural 2116 2,116 x 10 21,160
TOTAL NUMBER OF CAMPAIGNS FOR ALL PROVINCES TOTAL NUMBER OF PARTICIPANTS FOR ALL PROVINCES TOTAL NUMBER OF POPULATION REACHED FOR ALL PROVINCES
12 Urban 19 Rural 43,660 43,660 x 10 436,600
TOTAL NUMBER OF CONFERENCES FOR ALL PROVINCES TOTAL NUMBER OF PARTICIPANTS FOR ALL PROVINCES TOTAL NUMBER OF POPULATION REACHED FOR ALL PROVINCES
11 Urban 0 Rural 3,550 3,550 x 10 35,500
TOTAL NUMBER OF EXHIBITIONS FOR ALL PROVINCES TOTAL NUMBER OF PARTICIPANTS FOR ALL PROVINCES TOTAL NUMBER OF POPULATION REACHED FOR ALL PROVINCES
19 Urban 14 Rural 34,710 34,710 x 10 347,100
GRAND TOTAL OF ACTIVITIES 132 Urban 209 Rural GRAND TOTAL 105,423 GRAND TOTAL 1,054,230
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Legal Services

• Complaints Manual and Procedure revised and
  updated
• Database of complaints and statistics developed
• Opinions and submissions on media and
  advertisements
• Responses to on-line, written, telephonic and
  walk-in enquiries and complaints
• National Court Coverage Plan
• Legal research, court monitoring and amicus
• Shilubane matter
• Pensionable age
• Masiya matter

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Legal Services
Nature of complaint GP LP WC MP NW FS KZN EC NC Total
Gender Discrimination 3 3 15 0 0 0 15 3 1 40
Domestic Violence 7 16 8 0 11 0 9 6 2 59
Maintenance 13 25 0 0 2 7 20 15 6 88
Divorce 7 8 1 0 3 0 3 2 2 26
Custody access 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 2 2 8
Estate 5 8 1 0 5 4 1 0 0 24
Gender Based Violence 1 5 4 0 0 0 12 9 0 31
Sexual Harassment 1 2 12 0 0 1 9 4 1 30
Labour 4 14 1 0 1 1 9 1 0 31
Unlawful Eviction 0 2 1 0 0 1 1 0 2 7
Claim for Restitution 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tradition/ culture 0 1 3 0 0 0 5 1 0 10
Others 0 12 12 0 3 0 17 1 8 53
Total 41 96 58 0 28 14 102 44 24 407
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Legal Services

• Total complaints handled in 2006/ 2007 407
• Total complaints finalized in 2006/ 2007 153
• The CGE had handled 407 complaints in the
  current financial year. Out of 407 files, 153
  files were finalized during this financial year,
  which constitute /- 44 of the complaints
  received. The CGE is currently handling 186
  complaints from all 9 provinces.

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Legal Services
Submissions Impact of the Promotion of Equality
and Prevention of Unfair Discrimination Equality
Legislation and Institutions that Promote
Democracy Civil Union Bill Sexual Offences
Amendment Bill
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Challenges emanating from the CGE Act

• Dealing with entrenched gender inequality and
  patriarchy that distorts the gender course
• Broad mandate vs resource allocation
• Structured Relationship with the Executive
  budget vote, standing committee for Chapter
  Nines,
• Alignment of roles of the National Gender
  Machinery partners

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General Challenges

• Monitoring Implementation and enforcement by
  state agencies of laws passed by parliament to
  eradicate gender discrimination e.g. systems of
  dealing with maintenance orders, gender based
  violence etc.
• Amendment of old statutes that violate the
  Constitution and are discriminatory on the basis
  of gender
• Availability and easy flow of information from
  Dept. of Foreign Affairs to enable CGE to monitor
  sub-regional, regional and international
  activities on gender related treaties.

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Achievements

• Increased awareness of womens rights increased
  number of women asserting their rights and
  reporting crimes
• Increased participation of women in political
  decision-making
• Increased awareness of the CGE and its role in
  society
• Men becoming advocates of gender issues

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International Work

• Monitoring of international, regional and
  sub-regional instruments and substantive input
• Participation and facilitation in World
  Conferences (CSW, 4th WCRW)
• Participation in international meetings
  (Commonwealth) and meetings of UN Agencies
• Interaction with foreign delegations
• Facilitated with stakeholders the process of
  elevating the SADC Gender and Development
  Declaration into a Protocol.

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Outreach and Accessibility

• Provincial Offices established in all provinces
• Increased public outreach
• Increase in complaints successfully completed
• Strengthened relationship with local governments
• Increased collaborative work

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Strategic impact

• On the policy and legislative framework and
  access to justice
• On government, public sector programs and service
  delivery
• On effectiveness of civil society
• On identification and removal of discriminatory
  practices, customs and beliefs

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• Thank you