presentation to the portfolio committee on women, youth and children and people with disabilities...

PRESENTATION TO THE PORTFOLIO COMMITTEE

ON WOMEN, YOUTH AND CHILDREN AND PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES

Wednesday 1 August 2012

PURPOSE OF PRESENTATION

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To report and share information with the Portfolio Committee on:

1.Conference of State Parties: 12-14 September 2012, New York

2.Progress on finalisation of the Country Report on the CRPD

5th CONFERENCE OF STATE PARTIES

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12-14 September 2014, United Nations, New York

Theme: “Making the CRPD count for women and children”;

ProgrammeThe election of nine members of the Committee on the Rights of

Persons with Disabilities, Roundtables on Technology and Accessibility (Article 9) Roundtable on Children with Disabilities (Article 7) – Deputy Minister

Bogopane-Zulu has been confirmed as a panel participant; One informal session on Women with Disabilities (Article 6); andAn interactive dialogue on the implementation of the Convention by

the United Nations System;Report from the Special Rapporteur on the Standard Rules

CANDIDATE FOR COMMITTEE ON RIGHTS OF PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES

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Nomination of Sebenzile Matsebula has been accepted by the UNOHRC;

AU has endorsed her nomination (SA and Algeria only endorsed candidates);

DIRCO coordinating lobbying process;

Disability sector has internationally been mobilised through DPI and disability-specific organisations to lobby their governments;

DWCPD assisting with campaign materials development;


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Logistics:

Deputy Ministers and corresponding Portfolio and Select Committee chairpersons for the following portfolios (relevant to programme focus) have been invited to join the official delegation: Public Works; Science and Technology; Communications; Basic Education; Social Development; Arts and Culture; Health; Economic Development; International Relations and Cooperation, as well as the chairpersons of the Portfolio and Select Committees for Women, Children and People with Disabilities

All Premiers and Metro/District Mayors, as well as Commission on Gender Equality; SA Human Rights Commission and Pan South African Language Board (PANSALB) have also been invited

Civil society participation: Candidate Disabled woman Disabled youth


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Logistics (cont):

Compulsory briefing sessions for all delegates scheduled for August (Pretoria) and again for 11 September (New York);

DWCPD delegation (not finalised):Deputy MinisterRepresentatives from the DWCPD Candidate 2 civil society representativesPersonal Assistants/Support staff

CRPD COUNTRY REPORT Progress

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UN CONVENTION ON THE RIGHTS OF PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES (CRPD) AND ITS PROTOCOL

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Submissions to date received Attachments: List of submissions received; qualitative analysis (sample)

17 national department/entities submissions signed off by Ministers 4 national department/entities submissions signed off by DGs/CEOs 5 national department submissions unsigned 18 national departmental/entities’ submissions outstanding 3 signed off provincial submissions (Gauteng, Eastern Cape, Western Cape) 1 provincial submission signed off by DG (KZN) 5 outstanding provinces No reports received from District Councils Weekly follow up, phone calls from Deputy Minister to Ministries with

outstanding reports as well as letters from Ministry DPME to same Ministries yielded 2 additional reports since end of June 2012.


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The second draft is 80% complete Pre-amble summarising Core Document due to poor quality of Core

Document is awaiting signing off by StatsSA on statistical summary

75% of information received to date has been integrated into report only verified information is integrated Information is checked against information previously submitted to the

UN system

Verification of contradicting information received being followed up

Glaring gaps in information are currently being followed up with relevant entities

Information shared by civil society during public hearings on 25-26 July will be incorporated where information can be verified


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Article Status

Part 1 – Summary of Core Document

• Awaiting signing off of statistics by StatsSA• Indication is this will be received this week• DoJCD has also been requested to improve quality of Core

Document to reflect legislation and statistics affecting the rights of women, children and people with disabilities

• NOTE: pre-amble to 60 page report

Part 2 - Segment A

• 90% complete• Checking coverage of all reports on human rights instruments

which contain disability-related observations

Part 2 – Segment B

• 100% complete

Part 2 -Segment C

Article 5 • 100% complete


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Article Status

Article 8 • 90% complete – cleaning up accumulation of awareness raising efforts across all sectors & spheres of government





Article 13 • 60% complete (no formal submission received from DoJCD)• Ministry has indicated they will verify info and complete gaps before

6 August

Article 14 • 100% complete, DoJCD to verify




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Article Status



Article 19 • 75% complete • Integration of contributions by NGOs receiving state subsidies to be

done

Article 20 • 75% complete• Awaiting updated assistive devices statistics


Article 23 • 80% complete• Integration from evidence led at public hearings to be incorporated

Article 24 • 80% complete• Awaiting updated matric stats from DBE• Integration from evidence led at public hearings to be incorporated


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Article Status

Article 25 • 80% complete;• Integration from evidence led at public hearings to be incorporated

Article 26 • 60% complete; VERY weak info received• Integration from evidence led at public hearings to be incorporated• Scrutinising annual reports of both government and NPOs to

strengthen content

Article 27 • 80% complete; insufficient/incomplete statistics• Integration from evidence led at public hearings to be incorporated

Article 28 • 90% complete;• Integration from evidence led at public hearings to be incorporated

Article 29 • 100% complete;

Article 30 • 100% complete;


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Article Status

Segment D: Women and Children with Disabilities

Article 6 • 60% complete;• Integration/synchronisation of CEDAW Report information to be done;• Gender-specific information from submissions to be extracted

Article 7 • 60% complete;• Integration/synchronisation of CRC Report information to be done;• Integration from evidence led at public hearings to be incorporated• Draft Situation Analysis Report on Children with Disabilities (UNICEF,

DSD, DWCPD) information being verified

Segment E

Articles 31-33 • 95% complete (editing)

Part 3: Conclusions • 95% complete (editing)

Overall: • Reducing content to 60 pages (currently 78)• Editing


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DEPOSITING OF THE FIRST COUNTRY REPORTFor introduction into cluster system by before end August

2012

The Cabinet-approved draft should reach Parliament for consideration towards the end of September 2012

The recommendations and observations of Parliament will be incorporated into the final draft

Final draft be submitted to Cabinet by end of October 2012

Depositing at the United Nations before 3 December 2012

THANK YOUSIYABONGA

RE A LE BOGABAIE DANKIE

ENKOSI

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presentation to the portfolio committee on women, youth and children and people with disabilities...

Documents

portfolio committee

list of submissions

disabilities article

rights of people

rights of persons

disabilities crpd

committee chairpersons

provincial submissions