How can annual reports help in ensuring gender responsive budgeting? Joint Monitoring Committee on Improvement of Quality of Life & Status of Women 16 November 2007

Workshop programme Focus: Using annual reports to monitor budgets from a gender perspective Sessions: Presentation Group work Plenary report back & discussion Summary presentation

Five steps of GRB 1.Describe the situation of women & men, girls & boys in the sector 2.Assess whether the programmes address the gender gaps & issues 3.Allocate adequate budget for the gender- sensitive programmes 4.Monitor whether the money is spent and what is done with it 5.Evaluate whether the money has changed the bad aspects of the situation described in step1

How can annual report be used? Annual report assists with step four (and five) Budget is tabled in February It provides ‘plan’ in terms of money to be spent and what to be achieved (physical targets) Annual report is produced in September after end of financial year It reports on money spent & physical targets achieved Step 4 is key part of parliamentary oversight

Focus on Safety & Security Reasons: Crime is recognised as a serious problem in the country Gender-based violence (GBV), in particular, is a focus for the Committee Annual report is available on web (why not others?) S&S is interesting as it requires more than simple analysis of ‘money allocated for women’ because money used to address GBV is included in allocations that address other issues as well But we must also look at special allocations e.g. Gender Equity in Education

S&S 2006/07 budget Four programmes: Administration: R Visible Policing: R (44% of total) Detective Services: R (16% of total) Crime Intelligence: R Protection & Security Services: R (All amounts R’000)

Visible policing Crime Prevention: R (89% of this programme, 45% of total S&S budget) Funds services at police stations Borderline Security: R Specialised Interventions: R (All amounts R’000)

Detective Services General Investigations: R (62% of this programme) Funds detectives at police stations Specialised Investigations: R Criminal Record Centre: R Forensic Science Laboratory: R (All amounts R’000)

Targets: Crime Prevention Include: Contact crimes reduced by 7% per year No gender-related measurable objectives

Targets: General Investigations 40% of sexual offences against children detected 30% of charges for sexual offences against children to court 42% of sexual offences against adult women detected 40% of charges for sexual offences against adult women to court These targets are higher than those for organised crime & commercial crime

Text: General Investigations Increased budget is partly explained by planned improvement of functions of family violence, child protection & sexual offences units Do these units still exist?

Issues to consider How many of reported achievements relate to ‘events’? How many of reported achievements relate to development policy documents? How many of reported achievements relate to actual delivery? Are some groups/areas left out? Is under-delivery explained? Remember to look at indicators AND narrative!

Questions for group work What is GOOD about what is reported? What is DISTURBING about what is reported? What further information would you like to have?

General observations on S&S Crime statistics are sometimes difficult to interpret: Is increase in rate of reported rape good or bad? Does it mean number of rapes is increasing? Does it mean that victims more willing to report? Generally, women tend to be more worried about personal (contact) crimes, while men worry more about property crimes

Crime reported Rape decreased by 4.2% Indecent assault decreased by 4.5% This is less than targeted 7% reduction Reduction by 7% plus: Rape: Only three provinces Eastern Cape, Northern Cape, Western Cape Indecent assault: Only three provinces Mpumalanga, Free State, Western Cape

Arrests for rape and attempted rape for indecent assault No targets are given, and no statistics for previous years The number of rape is almost exactly the same as the number for murder

Anti-rape strategy & domestic violence Awareness campaigns (67 or 2 151?) 16 Days of Activism Training for SAPS on domestic violence Workshops in Mpumalanga but not other provinces? 56 ‘projects’ to reduce domestic violence Only three provinces mentioned?

Investigation achievements Detection of sexual offences against children: 62.4% of target Charges to court for sexual offences against children to court: 45.1% of target Detection of sexual offences against adult women: 60.7% of target Charges to court for sexual offences against adult women: 44.8% of target

Family violence & sexual offences Only cases finalised in court (yet reported rapes, and rape is not the only type of case!) cases finalised in 2005/06 % drop in cases finalised is greater than drop in cases reported

What do we want to see? More gender-related targets in budget and in annual report Sex-disaggregation of achievements (e.g. are people arrested & convicted male or female) Timely production of annual reports by all departments What else?