QUARTERLY REPORT

3nd Quarter 2012/13October – December 2012

BRANCH : Women’s Empowerment & Gender Equality

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PROGRAMME OBJECTIVES

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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

• Added mandate/ responsibility: Facilitate and coordinate the fight against gender based violence

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Strategic Objective Performance

Indicator/output 2012/13

Quarter 3 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

8 Departments and 2 provinces work-shopped and supported on policy

CD Advocacy & Mainstreaming

Partially Achieved •Finalisation and internal approval

•Involvement of Departmental Policy and key Units in the workshops as per requests by Departments

Letters to be sent to DGs (Cluster approach) involvement of Departmental Policy and key Units in the workshops

Planned 2-day workshop in February 2013

Number of national departments work shopped and supported on implementation of gender mainstreaming strategy

11 National departments work shopped on Gender Mainstreaming Strategy

CD Advocacy & Mainstreaming

Partially Achieved N/A N/A

New Growth Path Engendered

Advocacy programme on engendering the New Growth Path local level

Advocate for 50% allocation of Jobs Fund to women

CD Advocacy & Mainstreaming

Partially Achieved Once off activity conducted in 2011/ 12.

Follow-up Roundtable with these stakeholders to be held in February 2013

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Strategic Objective

Performance Indicator/output

2012/13Quarter 3 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

2 Provincial Programmes on strategy for rural women’s development coordinated

CD Advocacy & Mainstreaming

Achieved None N/A

Number of Advocacy and Social Campaigns coordinated

1 Social Campaign on preventing GBV coordinated

CD Advocacy and Mainstreaming

Achieved None N/A

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Strategic Objective

Performance Indicator/output

2012/13

Quarter 3 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

10 national departments work -shopped and monitored on gender responsiveness

CD: Monitoring and Evaluation

Partially achieved Work in progress to develop an M&E Framework to be used for this purpose

Draft monitoring framework with gender responsive indicators developed and consulted with 8 key national departments

Plans in progress to hold one M&E workshop for all 34 national departments in quarter four to validate draft M&E framework and draft tool as well as to initiate pilot runs of monitoring tool in key departments

Number of provinces gender audited

4 Reports on plans of actions on implementing recommendations of Gender audit reports developed

CD: Monitoring and Evaluation

Partially achieved • Three provinces were still in the process of obtaining approval for the audit reports from provincial authorities. Limpopo has not undertaken the audit at all.

• Audit reports available for all other provinces

Limpopo will not be pursued in this financial year due to lack of cooperation.

Work in progress with other three provinces on finalising audits and recommendations.

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Strategic Objective

Performance Indicator/output

2012/13

Quarter 3 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 on women in mining at provincial levels created

CD: Monitoring and Evaluation

Partially achieved There was a collaboration between DWCPD and SAWIMA where it was agreed that they would share their databases for women in mining with DWCPD, once the minutes of the meeting were sent to them. DWCPD has sent the minutes to SAWIMA, but the database is not received to date. There has been a follow-up meeting to resolve this challenge but it has not yet materialised the database.

There will be a process initiated with relevant key stakeholders in January 2013 to attempt to build this database ourselves.

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Strategic Objective

Performance Indicator/output

2012/13

Quarter 3 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 visits in Northern Cape, Eastern Cape an Mpumalanga

CD: Monitoring and Evaluation

Partially Achieved Due to several challenges faced, only 2 Monitoring visits to provinces were undertaken in the quarter and it was in Limpopo and Free State. There are several challenges in collaborating with key national departments and provincial structures.

Attempts are being made to undertake monitoring visits to all outstanding provinces.

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Strategic Objective

Performance Indicator/output

2012/13Quarter 3 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 Concluding Observations by CEDAW Committee

Report on participation in AU Ministerial Meeting

CD: Monitoring and Evaluation

• Partially achieved

• Activity transferred to ISIR unit

• Draft report was done at end of December given that there were several other priority but Ad Hoc reporting urgently required.

• None

Draft report to be finalised and submitted for approval in January 2013

N/A

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Strategic Objective

Performance Indicator/output

2012/13 Quarter 3 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 women’s employment and economic participation developed

CD: Monitoring and Evaluation

Not Achieved Limited financial and human resources to undertake a research study of this nature.

A report on women’s economic participation is available form other reports produced in the fiscal year. A full research can be initiated in the new fiscal year.

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Strategic ObjectivePerformance

Indicator/ Output 2012/13

Q3 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 capacity development needs for gender mainstreaming and responsive budgeting at municipal level

CD: Institutional Support and capacity development

Achieved N/A N/A

Strategy formainstreaming genderconsiderations inintegrated public servicedelivery coordinated

Capacity building and institutional support for alignment o provincial focal points coordinated

CD: Institutional Support and capacity development

Achieved N/A N/A

Institutional Framework developed

Draft InstitutionalFramework consulted at municipal level

CD: Institutional Support and capacity development

Achieved N/A N/A

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Strategic Objective

Performance Indicator/ Output 2012/13

Q3 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

GenderMachinery Convened

CD: Institutional Support and capacity development

Achieved N/A N/A

Institutional support andcapacity building tomeet international andregional obligationsfacilitated

2 provincial green economy empowerment initiatives coordinated and facilitated

CD: Institutional Support and capacity development

Achieved

Process initiated

N/A N/A

Integrated institutionalmechanisms forempowerment of youngwomen facilitated

Report on partnerships with business and government compiled

CD: Institutional Support and capacity development

Achieved N/A N/A

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Strategic Objective

Performance Indicator/outp

ut 2012/13

Quarter 3 Target

Responsible Manager

Progress (Achieved,

Partially Achieved or Not

Achieved)

Reason for Variances

(partially or not achieved)

Proposed Corrective

Actions

To facilitate the full functioning of the National council against GBV by providing it with secretariat services and coordination of the 365 days POA wit h government private sector and civil society

National Council Established

Number of Council sittings coordinated

None

2) Number of Council meetings coordinated

CD Achieved

Achieved

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

Number of Provincial Councils established and facilitated

2 Provincial Councils’ establishment facilitated (Gauteng, WC)

CD Not Achieved The National Council was still to first be established and launched

This Performance Indicator will be deferred

Number of Sessions of Secretariat services provided

1 session of Secretariat services provided

CD Not achieved National Council has just been launched/ inaugurated

A meeting o the Council will be facilitated in Quarter 4

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Strategic Objective

Performance Indicator/outp

ut 2012/13

Quarter 3 Target

Responsible Manager

Progress (Achieved, Partially

Achieved or Not Achieved)

Reason for Variances

(partially or not achieved)

Proposed Corrective

Actions

To facilitate the full functioning of the National council against GBV by providing it with secretariat services and coordination of the 365 days POA wit h government private sector and civil society

Number of programmes in 365 Days POA coordinated

1 programme o the 365 Days PoA involving partnership between government and civil society coordinated

CD Not achieved

Implementation of the 365 Days PoA programmes will only take place once the PoA is revised and approved. The POA has been reviewed and revised in this quarter

Facilitate the National Council session with stakeholders for reviewing the 365 Days PoA in Quarter 4

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Strategic Objective

Performance Indicator/outp

ut 2012/13

Quarter 3 Target

Responsible Manager

Progress (Achieved,

Partially Achieved or Not

Achieved)

Reason for Variances

(partially or not achieved)

Proposed Corrective Actions

To facilitate the full functioning of the National council against GBV by providing it with secretariat services and coordination of the 365 days POA wit h government private sector and civil society

Number of social campaigns coordinated

Social campaign on the involvement of men and boys in preventing GBV coordinated

CD Partially Achieved A Summit on GBV was convened as part of the 16 Days of Activism and to broadly take stock on matters around GBV and solicit inputs to the 365 Days National Action Plan to b reviewed by the NCAGBC. Thus, focus was not limited to men and boys

Social campaigns will be convened in the next financial year as part of the Revised 365 Days National PoA.

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MAIN ACHIEVEMENTS • Facilitated IDCs support of eight women business projects• Successfully convened the Opening of the 16 Days of Activism in the Northern Cape• Convened a Summit on GBV as part of the 16 Days of Activism and the review of the 365 Days National PoA• National Council Against Gender Based Violence established and launched• Draft Monitoring & Evaluation Framework in place• Draft Gender Mainstreaming Framework in place

WEGE Bill: • Bill was gazetted for public comments and all written comments were collated, analysed and integrated into

the draft bill. • The Regulatory Impact Assessment (RIA) and the Memorandum of Objects and Cabinet Memo were

finalised in preparation for Cabinet processes for approval. • Finalised processes with the OCSLA on the draft bill.

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MAIN ACHIEVEMENTS

KPI Q3 Target Achieved

Progress Information

Number of programmes on rural women’s development coordinated

2 Provincial programmes on rural women`s consultations and projects coordinated

• Site Visits (28-31 October) undertaken to Limpopo: - Live stock Farming ( Naboomspruit) - Aqua farming ( Thohoyandou)- Two poultry farms : Free range and force feeding (Tzaneen)- One women cooperative ( Mashamba Country House lodge)• Video processing & Photographs done• Presentation done • Draft report of Limpopo visit finalised

• Site visits to Free State done from 11-12 Dec. 7 women led projects were visited. Draft report available

• Coordinated the national rural women’s summit on 19 November 2012 in Mangaung Free State Province where the strategic plan ,a concept document and the constitution for women in Agriculture and rural development were finalised.

• Consolidated progress report of the IDC supported projects. such as Projects in Agriculture, Bakery and Piggery )

• Coordinated the World Rural food day with Free State Department of Agriculture on .3rd November 2012.

• Coordinated and facilitated the re-establishment of Women in Agriculture and Rural development in the Free State Province

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MAIN ACHIEVEMENTSKPI Q3 Target

AchievedProgress Information

Number of Advocacy and Social Campaigns coordinated

1 Social Campaign on GBV prevention coordinated

•Coordinated planning meetings with the host Province (Northern Cape ) for the 16 Days Campaign on No Violence Against Women and Children, on 12 and 16 November •Concept document finalised and shared with the NGM•National Calendar of events for 16 Days on No Violence Against women and children coordinated and compiled •Shelter for abused women identified and visited by two Political Principals i.e Minister for WCPwD as well as Energy. •Coordinated support to the shelter by the Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries ( implements were given to the shelter for initiating a food garden at the shelter) and bulbs from Department of Energy•Successfully coordinated the take back the night campaign on 24 November 2012 in three areas identified as hot spots for crime in the Province •Event successfully coordinated •Draft report available

•Supported Departments and Provinces in their 16 Days events

•Successfully celebrated the World Rural Women’s Day in Free State on 19 November 2012.

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TARGETS NOT ACHIEVED Q2KPI Q2 Target Progress Information/corrective

action

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

National policy finalised, consulted and submitted to cabinet

• Consultation with Free State province conducted on 12 November 2012 where 7 Provincial Departments as well as one Municipality attended the consultation

Involvement of Departmental Policy and key Units in the workshops as per requests by Departments.

Planned 2-day workshop in February 2013

Deviation: Only the Bill will be submitted to Cabinet (WILL CHECK MINUTES)

Draft National Gender Mainstreaming Strategy

Mainstreaming strategy approved

Finalisation and Approval at EXCO doneInvolvement of Departmental Policy and key Units in the workshops as per requests by Departments. Planned 2-day workshop in February 2013

New Growth Path Engendered

Advocacy programme on engendering the New Growth Path nationally

Advocate for 50% allocation of Job Fund for women

Follow-up Roundtable with these stakeholders to be held in February 2013

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TARGETS NOT ACHIEVED Q2KPI Q2 Target Progress Information/corrective

action

Number of national departments monitored on WEGE

7 National departments work shopped and monitored on gender responsiveness

• Undertook development of WEGE specific M&E Framework with responsive indicators and consulted with 8 key national departments

• Draft M&E framework developed together with draft monitoring tool

Number of provinces gender audited

4 gender audit reports developed

•Three audit reports developed and forwarded for approval to provincial authorities•Limpopo did not undertake the audit due to provincial challenges.

Number of databases established and monitored

1 database of women in tourism at provincial level

• database of women in tourism for three provinces created and populated. • Follow up with provinces has been initiated but is not yielding much success

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

Three monitoring visits in Limpopo, Port St Johns and Western Cape

• Although three provincial visits were undertaken in the third quarter to Gauteng, Limpopo and the Free State, the targeted provinces for the quarter could not adhered to due to logistical challenges. Reports are available on these visits•outstanding provincial visits will be attempted to be undertaken within the remainder of the fiscal year as far as is possible.

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TARGETS NOT ACHIEVED Q2KPI Q2 Target Progress Information/corrective

action

Number of reports on compliance to regional, continental and international commitments developed and submitted to Cabinet and / or multilateral bodies

• 2 Ad Hoc reports on UNGA resolution to UNSG

• Draft reports developed however information is not forthcoming from departments. All attempts to finalise report will be taken in next quarter.

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

•1 report on assessment of the impact of national focus on infrastructure development and funding for job creation on women in the country initiated

•Unable to implement this due to lack of sufficient human and financial capacity. •Look at other relevant departments research undertakings and try to incorporate this indicator into the study•Information on women’s economic participation is available from the draft AU Women’s Protocol Report.

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TARGETS NOT ACHIEVED Q2KPI Q2 Target Progress Information/corrective

action

Strategy for mainstreaming gender considerations in integrated public service delivery coordinated

Capacity building and institutional support for alignment of provincial focal points coordinated

• Capacity building and institutional support for alignment of national departments coordinated was partially achieved in Q2 pending the review of capacity development initiative in partnership with PALAMA and UN Women being finalized,

• This was done in Q3 and the report was submitted.• PALAMA will provide mainstreaming training while UN Women

will provide training on a gender barometer.

Institutional support and capacity building to meet international and regional obligations facilitated

2 provincial green economy empowerment initiatives coordinated and facilitated

• The compilation of the report on the green economy empowerment initiatives was partially achieved in Q2 pending submission of report in Q3.•The Report was submitted.

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TARGETS NOT ACHIEVED Q2KPI Q2 Target Progress Information/corrective

action

National Council established Number of council sittings held

Two council sittings held • Council established and launched in November 2012.• Interim Council was operative until then but only focussed on

preparing for the establishment of the council. Council sittings will be held from Q4 going forward.

No of programmes in 365 day POA coordinated

1 programme on the 365 day POA piloted in JCPS cluster departments

• The 365 day POA was being reviewed and revised during Q2 and Q3. •This is now completed and will be implemented fin the future

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• Referrals to implementing Departments for project funding, technical support and data and information for reporting obligations are not timeously attended to; and this often lead to missed opportunities for women projects and deadlines for submissions

• Lack of sufficient human capacity and requisite skills • Lack of sufficient funding to effectively implement

operational plan• Too many ad hoc tasks / supplementary tasks

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BUDGET REPORT: WEGE Q3

Item Budget Expenditure Balance

Compensation of Employees (COE)

8 311 000

Goods and Services 12 435 000 5 945 892 6 489 108

Capital 167 000 70 070 96 930

TOTAL: 20 913 000 6 015 962 6 586 038

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Note: an estimate R 4 020 000 (to be confirmed) was re-allocated from WEGE Budget to other items elsewhere in the department post adjustments and transfer of funds to stabilise Departmental finances/ status and correct over-expenditures. The latest expenditure and balance for COE was not available to us at the time of finalising this report

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