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Gender Mainstreaming in Municipalities Women’s Charter Sector Review A gender Analysis and Analysis of Implementation of Women’s Charter 05 March 2021 Dr Nthabiseng Moleko Commission for Gender Equality 1 CGE Mandate ❑ The Commission for Gender Equality (CGE) is an independent statutory body established in terms of Section 181 of the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa.

❑ The mandate of the CGE is provided for in Section 187 of the Constitution and in the CGE Act of 1996 (as amended).
❑ CGE is mandated to promote respect for, protect, develop and attain gender equality, and to make recommendations on any legislation affecting the status of women.

❑Section 11 (h) of and evaluate the implementation of international and regional conventions acceded to by South Africa, that impact on gender equality.
the Commission to monitor the CGE Act mandates ❑In fulfilling its core mandate the CGE continues to monitor interventions that are geared towards the empowerment of women in particular and the general attainment of gender equality in the country.

2 Background on the Women’s Charter ❑Establishment of CGE to realise goal ❑Women’s Charter were enshrined into the Constitution ❑Adopted on the 17th April 1954, during founding conference of the Federation of South African Women (FEDSAW).
❑Shift in the socio-economic, political and cultural positioning of women within the South African society.

❑Articles remain relevant.

❑ Evoked the role of women in the private and the public spheres 3 Background ❑ The Commission for Gender Equality as part of its strategic objectives for 2012/2017, to date had a focus on gender transformation at local government level.
The aim objective of this process was to assess amongst others progress made by local government in achieving gender equality through gender transformation and gender mainstreaming approaches as follows: ❑ Establish whether municipalities IDP’s are engendered, ❑ To further establish if there is an enabling policy environment at municipality level to embrace gender equality, women empowerment interventions, ❑ To promote the use of gender mainstreaming approach in planning, budgeting, implementation, monitoring and evaluation and audit of public services at local government level.
❑ To facilitate a gender responsive identification, analysis and formulation of policies and programmes at local government level 4 Background cont… ❑ To establish whether IDP’s respond to daily concerns of communities, but in particular women, such as the feminisation of poverty, gender-based violence, unemployment, housing, health education and access to water and sanitation.
❑ To assess internal environment’s state of to promote gender transformation in terms of gender representation in decision making positions, in senor and top management.

readiness in order ❑ To promote substantive gender equality vs chasing numbers and quotas approach especially in compliance with Employment Equity Act , Public Procurement and BBBEE prescripts.

❑ To monitor compliance to legal prescripts guiding gender equality.
5 • Routine availability of gender-specific data TARGETS – DIAGNOSTIC ASSESSMENT • Measurable outputs clearly-linked and budget allocations • Institutionalization GRB of • GRB should be part an of part intrinsic planning 6 Background on the Women’s Charter ❑Adopted on the 17th April 1954, during founding conference of the Federation of South African Women (FEDSAW).

❑Shift in the socio-economic, political and cultural positioning of women within the South African society.

❑Articles remain relevant.


❑ Evoked the role of women in the private and the public spheres ❑ A Gendered Analysis of the National 2030: Plan Development prioritizing gender equality in the NDP’s analysis and proposed sectoral strategies Vision 7 Enabling Milestones for NDP ❑Adopted a targeted monitoring approach ❑Shift in the socio-economic, political and cultural positioning of women within the South African society.

❑Articles remain relevant.
❑ Evoked the role of women in the private and the public spheres 8 STATE OF ECONOMY Actual annual economic growth rates versus policy rates targets 5,1 5,3 5,5 5,4 3,2 3,5 2,8 1,2 y - o - y , % 6,0 5,0 4,0 3,0 2,0 1,0 0,0 GEAR (1995) ASGISA (2005) NGP (2010) NDP (2013) Annual growth rate target (%) Average growth rate achieved (y-o-y) Source: (SARB (2020) and Investec (2015)) SA UNEMPLOYMENT LEVELS 60 50 40 30 20 10 0 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 Unemployment rate Broad Unemployment Rate (%) Women Men Youth (15-24 ages) 10 STATE OF ECONOMY GDP Per Capita (%) South Africa Selected Emerging Markets 19941995199619971998199920002001200220032004200520062007200820092010201120122013201420152016201720182019 ) % ( t e g a n e c r e P 5,0 4,0 3,0 2,0 1,0 0,0 -1,0 -2,0 -3,0 Sources: (Sarb and IMF, 2019) Notes: The Emerging Markets GDP Per capita is estimated using IMF's GDP on purchasing-power-parity (PPP) share of world total (Percent) 11 INEQUALITY LEVELS 70 60 50 40 30 20 10 0 Source: (United Nations University, 2017) Notes: Data varies between 2010 and 2017 12 INEQUALITY LEVELS 70 60 50 40 30 20 10 0 Source: (United Nations University, 2017) Notes: Data varies between 2010 and 2017 13 Gender Policy frameworks for Local Government ❑ Gender Policy Framework for Local Government (2015 – 2020) o Provide general guidelines for local government on gender and development o Promote and facilitate gender mainstreaming and women’s empowerment o Give effect to state policy commitments o Address specific issues affecting women ❑ SALGA WOMEN’S COMMISSION established to coordinate promote and advocate for gender appropriate strategies and practices within member municipalities and feed into regional and continental processes.
❑ Local government vehicle to achieve “Better life for all” this why the importance of gender mainstreaming in IDPs is critical .

Especially with the onset of Sustainable Development Goals and the emphasise on “leave none behind” 14 How do we assess the status of gender transformation in municipalities Administer a questionnaire to establish the extent to which the municipality has progressed in promoting gender equality through their policies and practices internally and externally, i.e.
in the communities in which they operate from Institutional Information – Municipality Profile & Governance and decision making 1.

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Workforce Information: the total number of employees per grade and disaggregate by gender, race and disability status for the current financial year.

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Creation of Enabling Environment: Does your municipality have a written and adopted gender policy that affirms a commitment to gender equality?

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Occupational Health and Safety Issues 5.


What measures are in place to ensure men and women safety in the workplace 6.

Does the municipality have Sexual harassment Policy , Gender Discrimination 7.

Gender Budgeting- Internal Environment: Has your municipality budgeted adequate financial resources to support its gender integration work?

15 Gender Budgeting – External Environment Do you have a budget geared towards programmes and projects targeting both women and men?
Briefly explain each programme and project, its budget allocation and provide the race and gender disaggregated data of the beneficiaries 16 On site visits FINANCIAL YEAR 2016/17 District Municipality Local Municipality/Town Month Partnership Members Activity conducted Status West Coast Cederberg- Clainwiliams September 2016 SALGA Meeting Municipality Executive members and Feed Back Session on GM analysis tool Follow-up to be considered Overberg Cape Agulhas- Bredasdorp November 2016 SALGA Workshop with the Executive and Staff Follow-up to be considered Overberg Theewaterskloof Municipality- Caledon November 2016 SALGA Gender sensitive programme Follow-up to be considered West Coast Vredenberg February 2017 DLG-HRD Workshop with the Council members Follow-up to be considered Overberg Cape Agulhas March 2017 DLG-HRD Workshop with the staff Follow-up to be considered Follow-up to be conducted District Municipality Local Municipality/Town District Municipality Local Municipality/Town Local Municipality/Town West Coast Cederberg- Clainwiliams September 2016 SALGA GM workshop Follow-up to be considered Overberg Cape Agulhas- Bredasdorp November 2016 SALGA GM workshop Follow-up to be considered Overberg Theewaterskloof Municipality- Caledon November 2016 SALGA GM workshop Follow-up to be considered West Coast Saldahna Bay- Vredenberg February 2017 DLG-HRD GM workshop Follow-up to be considered Overberg Cape Agulhas March 2017 DLG-HRD GM workshop Follow-up to be considered On site visits FINANCIAL YEAR 2017/18 District Municipality Local Municipality/Town Month Partnership Members Activity conducted Status Central Karoo Beaufort West July 2017 SALGA GM workshop Event based programme West Coast Matzikama Municipality- Vrendeberg July 2017 DLG-HRD GM workshop Follow-up meeting Overberg Municipality Cape Agulhas AUGUST 2017 DLG- HRD GM workshop Follow-up to be considered Cape Winelands Langberg August 2017 SALGA WC GM workshop Event based programme Cape Winelands Municipality Drankestein Municipality March 2018 n/a GM
 workshop Following up to be considered FINANCIAL YEAR 2018/19 District Municipality Local Municipality/Town Month Partnership Members Activity conducted Status Overberg Theewaterskloof 2nd Quarter 2019 n/a 1st meeting hosted GM to be conducted City of Cape Town City of Cape Town 3rd Quarter 2019 n/a GM workshop Letter to be sent by the PM Cape Winelands Breede Valley 4th Quarter 2019 n/a GM workshop Letter to be sent by the PM FINANCIAL YEAR 2019/2020 District Municipality Local Municipality/Town Month Partnership Members Activity conducted Status Three Municipalities Identified for financial year 2019/20 Overberg Theewaterskloof 2nd Quarter 2019 DLG-HRD 1st meeting hosted GM was conducted City of Cape Town City of Cape Town 3rd Quarter 2019 n/a n/a Letter to be sent by the PM- for the meeting to be hosted in the next financial year 2020/21 Cape Winelands Breede Valley 4th Quarter 2019 DLG-HRD GM workshop GM was conducted with Senior members of the Municipality Additional Municipalities hosted 2019/20 Garden Route District Municipality Third Quarter-November 2019 n/a Two-day GM-workshop for Senior and general staff members Voluntary request for substantive gender equality workshop for next financial year Mossell bay Municipality Fourth Quarter- March 2020 n/a Two-day GM-workshop for Senior staff members and men’s forum Voluntary request for further workshops in GM for the next financial year Cederberg Municipality Fourth Quarter- February 2019 DLG-HRD GM workshop was conducted for Ward Councilors Voluntary workshop request for the next financial year Cederberg Municipality Fourth Quarter- February 2019 DLG-HRD Gender-Budgeting workshop was conducted for Municipality Financial Executive Members Voluntary GB workshop was request for the next financial year.
General CGE Observations /realities in the municipalities that we have assessed to date ❑ Lack of cooperation from municipal leadership regarding the CGE processes.
❑ Lack of resources and willingness to support gender mainstreaming in Municipalities ❑ Representation of women is still minimal % at decision making positions ❑ Large segments of the workforce are still male dominated, and women still experience barriers of entry for women ❑ Lack of gender transformation policies and plans ❑ Noncompliance to the (draft) gender policy frameworks.

❑ Noncompliance with the National Gender Policy Framework.
❑ Skill gap (understanding of gender mainstreaming approach/es), ❑ Uncoordinated Provincial Gender Machinery (PGM).

❑ Lack of an enabling environment that promotes women, youth and PWD and non-gender conforming individuals.
20 Thematic Areas Aligned to the Women’s Charter Article 3: Economy: Advancing the Inclusive Economic Growth Paradigm for Women ❑CGE identified several programme initiatives that were put in place by the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) during the 2009-2015 period ❑These programmes were aimed at supporting women-owned enterprises as well as supporting individual women who wished to establish their own SMMES.
Amongst the programme initiatives identified were the following: ❑The various programme initiatives were often carried out in a haphazard and inconsistent manner across the different initiatives without clear coordination, resulting in limited sector-wide impact.

❑ All management, coordination.

❑Limited staff capacity to manage relations with beneficiaries undermined the achievement of the goal of economic empowerment.
suffered from poor administrative information dissemination and ineffective the above programme initiatives record keeping, 21 RECOMMENDATIONS • Women’s economic empowerment be clearly articulated through public policy documents of ministries such as the DTI and DSBD • Clear targets, time frames and clearly defined indicators of success – PUBLIC PROCUREMENT TARGETS • Effective public information dissémination programmes and initiatives targeting specific intended beneficiaries • Business skills training has been provided and loans disbursed to the new beneficiaries, the CGE recommends that ongoing, consistent, sustained and effective support be provided to the loan recipients 22 Women’s Economic Empowerment ❑ Promoting gender equality and women’s economic empowerment requires a regular and careful planning and monitoring, as well as gender budgeting to ensure an inclusive and participative economic development process that leaves no one behind.
❑ South Africa has therefore put in place measures to enable women’s economic development across the three spheres of governance in the country.

These include: ❑ The National Gender Policy Framework (NGPF) for Women’s Empowerment and Gender Equality.

❑ National Development Plan (NDP) which was found to be constructed in a gender blinded manner.

❑ Medium-Term Strategic Framework: 2014-2019.

❑ National Gender Machinery.


❑ National Planning, Budgeting and Monitoring Framework ❑ Strategic Framework for Gender Equality within the Public Service (2006- 23 2015) Functions and Milestones (Cont…) ❑ 365 Day Programme of Action on GBV: The CGE has also conducted annual assessments/monitoring of progress by state and civil society organisations on the implementation of the National Action Plan (NAP).
❑ Assessing Effectiveness of Gender Focal Points in South Africa: In 2013 the CGE conducted a study into the effectiveness of Gender Focal Persons (GFPs) at national and provincial levels.

❑ Assessing the Effectiveness of the National Gender Machinery: In 2013, the CGE conducted an assessment of the effectiveness of the National Gender Machinery.
❑ A Gendered Analysis of the National Development Plan Vision 2030: In 2013 the National Development the CGE conducted a gendered analysis of Planning Document (Vision 2030), seeking to identify ways of infusing and prioritising gender equality in the NDP’s analysis and proposed sectoral strategies for the country’s development.

24 Basic Education Article 4: Education and Training ❑ Develop programmes aimed at curbing pregnancy amongst girls of school going age.
❑ Department of Basic Education developed the National Policy for the Prevention and Management of Learner Pregnancy.

❑ The DBE has also put in place the provisions on the readmission of the teenage mothers into the schooling system and retaining them.

However this provision is contravened by the some SGB hence there is a need to ensure enforcement as education is a basic human right for all.
❑ The proportion of women academics and lecturers, management rather than the concentration at lower levels in executive ❑ Outcomes of proportion and outcomes of school and TVET college outcomes – improve ANA outcomes and the like 25 26 Participation in Decision Making (Article 7) 27 • • • • • SA HISTORICAL OUTLINE National Policy Framework for Women’s Empowerment and Gender Equality Commitments and obligations limited outcomes – Budget Prioritisation Framework (2018) • • Silent on gender priorities Little evidence on gender responsive planning, policy and budgeting Statistics South Africa data – monitor ward, district and provincial outcomes Institutional mechanism weak, well resourced DPME, DPSA, NT, Stats Sa, DYWPD Buy in of GRBPMEA – Western Cape this is a big MOVE!!!!
• Western Cape introduce GRB 2001 and again 2007 - 2012 28 PROVINCIAL ARCHITECTURE ❑ CGE inputs into Provincial Strategic Plan (2019 – 2024) ❑ ❑ ❑ ❑ ❑ Situational analysis includes gendered and race dimensions of employment Situational analysis outlines wage gap between gender 23% gap Youth dimension in strategic plan Situational analysis points out the high risk of children and high level of gun related violence Cited the high level of GBV in hot spot areas ❑ Performance Management systems aligned to targets and gender deliverables ❑ ❑ ❑ ❑ ❑ ❑ ❑ VIP 1 : Safe and cohesive communities GBV related indicators + police satisfaction Shelter access and building cohesive communities VIP 2: Growth and jobs Women informal economy Unpaid care work, home based work and economic dependance SMME support to overcome structural barriers ❑ Provincial planning strengthen with research mechanism that measures interventions ❑ ❑ ❑ ❑ ❑ Youth risk referral pathways Family centred initiatives to reduce violence Housing strategies and Economic opportunities for GBV victims to rebuild lives Infrastructure projects 50% female owned companies Skills development initiative have gender and disability targets ❑ Continued MTEF process + budget cycle allocate and programs in votes and budget circulars ❑ Provincial Treasuries database include gender indicators 29 PROVINCIAL ARCHITECTURE ❑ CGE inputs into Provincial Strategic Plan (2019 – 2024) ❑ Situational analysis includes gendered and race dimensions of employment ❑ Situational analysis outlines wage gap between gender 23% gap ❑ Youth dimension in strategic plan ❑ Situational analysis points out the high risk of children and high level of gun related violence ❑ Cited the high level of GBV in hot spot areas ❑ Performance Management systems aligned to targets and gender deliverables ❑ VIP 1 : Safe and cohesive communities ❑ GBV related indicators + police satisfaction ❑ Shelter access and building cohesive communities ❑ VIP 2: Growth and jobs ❑ Women informal economy ❑ Unpaid care work, home based work and economic dependance ❑ SMME support to overcome structural barriers ❑ Provincial planning strengthen with research mechanism that measures interventions ❑ Youth risk referral pathways ❑ Family centred initiatives to reduce violence ❑ Housing strategies and Economic opportunities for GBV victims to rebuild lives ❑ Infrastructure projects 50% female owned companies ❑ Skills development initiative have gender and disability targets 30 SA PLANNING AHEAD TO CHANGE OUTCOMES • Increasing the number of women who manage, own and control enterprises and productive assets; [DTI/DSBD/NEF/PIC/DSD] • Developing human resources and skills [DBE and DHET] • Achieving equitable representation in all occupational categories/levels in workforce [CEE + PSC] • Preferential procurement; and [National Treasury + Depts + LM’s and DM’s] • Investment in enterprises that are owned or managed by women.
[PSCE + Loan advances] 31 LOCAL GOVERNMENT INTERVENTIONS ❑ Alignment of the Gender Policy Framework for Local Government (2015 – 2020) against the set National, Regional and International instruments ❑ Alignment with the SDG’s, Alignment with NDP – Vision 2030, New District Model and the 2018 Gender Responsive Planning Budgeting Evaluation Monitoring and Auditing Framework ❑ Strengthening capacity of Gender Focal Persons and IDP Managers on Gender mainstreaming and Sustainable Development issues ❑ IDPs must reflect gender transformation within Municipalities ❑ CGE - Continue to use its Legal and Constitutional Mandate to play an oversight role and report to Parliament 32 LEGISLATION RECOMMENDED ❑ BBBEE - Economic growth with redistribution – equity in workforce & supply chain?
ENFORCEMENT and SANCTIONS ❑ ENFORCE MATHS AND SICIENCE - Invest in people - growth of skills in the labour force – Manufacturing, R&D, Sci & Tech ❑ ECONOMIC STRATEGY UNDERPINNED by industrialisation, rural development and production & productive labour force ❑ PFMA recapitalization of NEF/SEFA – targeting women, youth, black Africans Entrepreneurial revolution (finance!)
❑ SOEs and Departments – cap outside consultants, use for the three tiers workforce 10 million 33 LEGISLATION RECOMMENDED ❑ SARB oversee illicit flows – SARS Legislation, wealth tax, tax e-commerce, tax illicit capital flows linked to profit share ❑ Tax cash reserves, hoarding of idle cash by corporates that disinvest (progressive for every year) – retain local K ❑ Procurement Bill – targets not mandatory therefore accountability and sanctions ❑ Competition Bill – laws on market concentration of industries subsectors [break oligopolies.
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retail sector]; fines not disincentive ❑ e.g.

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