1 DEPARTMENT OF WOMEN BRIEFING ON THE STATUS OF WOMEN UNEMPLOYMENT IN SOUTH AFRICA AND THE DEPARTMENTAL ANNUAL PERFORMANCE PLAN TO DEAL WITH CHALLENGES FACING WOMEN UNEMPLOYMENT SELECT COMMITTEE ON COOPORATIVE GOVERNANCE AND TRADITIONAL AFFAIRS 14 OCTOBER 2014 Ms Veliswa Baduza

PRESENTATION OUTLINE 2 Background Strategic Focus Situational Analysis Status of Women Unemployment in SA Legislative Context Strategic Approach Addressing Unemployment Conclusion

BACKGROUND 3 The President of the Republic announced on the 25 th May 2014 that “the functions related to support for people with disabilities and children, will be transferred to the Department of Social Development. The current Ministry of Women, Children and People with Disability is now the Ministry of Women which will be located in the Presidency. The Women’s Ministry will champion the achievement of women’s socio-economic empowerment and women’s rights”. Subsequently, on the 8th July 2014, the President signed a Proclamation reconfiguring the department to focus only on women The revised focus necessitated the review of the strategic approach of the department

STRATEGIC FOCUS 4 MANDATE To lead, coordinate and oversee the transformation agenda on women’s socio-economic empowerment, rights and equality

Vision A just, non-racial, non-sexist and prosperous society where everybody’s potential is equitably realized Mission To accelerate socio-economic transformation for women empowerment and participation STRATEGIC FOCUS 5

SITUATIONAL ANALYSIS 6 Economic Empowerment of Women Lack of access to opportunities Under- representation Under- development InequalityUnemployment

SITUATIONAL ANALYSIS 7 Social Empowerment Culture and Religion Abuse & GBVPovertyHIV&AIDSUnemployment

STATUS OF WOMEN UNEMPLOYMENT IN SA 8 Unemployment rate by sex Source: Stats SA- Unemployment Statistics

STATUS OF WOMEN UNEMPLOYMENT IN SA 9 Current statistics (April June 2014) indicates the pattern of unemployment rate of women remaining higher than that of men and the national average.  The trend of higher unemployment rate for women has been persistent for more than five years.  The number of unemployed people increased by between Q1: 2014 and Q2:  The largest increases in unemployment were observed among women (56 000) compared to increase for men.  These figures show that unemployment is a big challenge for women than it is for men and also show the vulnerability of women in the labour market.

LEGISLATIVE CONTEXT 10 Bill of Rights Employment Equity Act of 1998 Promotion of Equality and Prevention of Unfair Discrimination Act of 2000 Broad Based Economic Empowerment Act of 2004

STRATEGIC APPROACH Economic Empowerment Disseminate Information/ advocacy Monitoring Impact of Government Programmes Research trends Policy analysis and identification of gaps Social Empowerment Disseminate Information/ advocacy Monitoring Impact of Government Programmes Research trends Policy analysis and identification of gaps 11

STRATEGIC APPROACH 12 ActivitiesOutputsOutcomesImpact Policy Analysis Intervention Plans Analytical Reports Socio-economic empowerment of women Better quality of life for women which impacts on family life Research Development National Agenda Report on the Status Women Research Chair setup Evidence based information to inform planning and decision making Improved service delivery to address targeted and specific issues

STRATEGIC APPROACH 13 ActivitiesOutputsOutcomesImpact Monitoring and Evaluation M&E Strategy with implementation plan Impact assessment report Tracking, measuring and determining progress on women’s socio-economic empowerment and rights Identifies barriers and obstacles emerging and acts as an early warning system Outreach Outreach Strategy with implementation plan Outreach campaigns conducted Raising awareness and increased access to information, opportunities, knowledge Changed behaviour and attitudes

STRATEGIC APPROACH 14 ActivitiesOutputsOutcomesImpact Stakeholder Coordination Integrated Stakeholder Coordination Framework Reports on Bilateral and Multilateral Collaboration Cohesive Collaborative Interaction with key Stakeholders Informed society Knowledge Management Information and Knowledge Management Strategy Knowledge Hub Easy access to a central depository on information on women’s empowerment Effective, quick and efficient information at to inform, planning, and decision making

ADDRESSING UNEMPLOYMENT The department has a programme called Techno Girl and Techno Girl Alumni. The programme ensures girls have equal opportunities to excel in the fields of Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths (STEM) by exposing them to opportunities, supported to continue higher education studies in STEM fields and facilitate learnership internship and job placement Through the Gender Responsive Budgeting initiative (tool)the department will require departments and the private sector to ensure that they budget for the empowerment of women by indicating, how much is budgeted, of the budgeted amount how much was used, of the used amount how much reached women, of the women reached how many were empowered and in what way 15

CONCLUSION 16 The Select Committee can be of great assistance given that the Gender Responsive Budgeting imperative and principles are within COGTA’s MTSF deliverables. This also allows the Committee to hold all departments to account on whether their budgets comply to gender budgeting principles and also to ascertain what departments plans and measures are to ensure that their budgets are gender responsive The Select Committee can also assist by conducting an oversight on departments in relation to how their programmes are assisting women in achieving socio-economic empowerment

THANK YOU 17