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Title: Ministry for Women, Youth, Children and Persons with Disabilities


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Ministry for Women, Youth, Children and Persons
with Disabilities
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OUTLINE
  • Introduction
  • Mandate
  • Legislative and Policy Environment
  • Current Functions of the GDCY
  • Key Functions of the Ministry
  • Key Priority Areas

3
INTRODUCTION
  • At the 52nd Conference of the ANC in December
    2007 Resolution 109 was adopted to establish a
    Womens Ministry in the Presidency
  • Success of governments are measured globally
    based on their responses to the needs of the
    vulnerable groups
  • Children, Youth and People with disabilities
    are identified to fall within the Ministry
  • The structure will include a focal person for the
    elderly which will cut across all target groups

4
Mandate
  • Ensuring that Government translates its
    Constitutional, political and global commitments
    into measurable and meaningful programs, thereby
    promoting and protecting the human rights, human
    dignity, freedom and equal development of all.

5
Legislative and Policy Environment
  • The Ministry gains its mandate from the
    Constitution of the Republic of south Africa
    (1996)
  • Work will also be guided by
  • The current national policies for women, youth,
    children and persons with disabilities
  • Relevant acts
  • International and regional instruments and
    agreements

6
Current Functions of GDCY
  • Mainstreaming
  • Monitoring and evaluation
  • Policy Coordination
  • Advocacy, lobbying and awareness raising
  • International, regional and national obligations
  • Capacity development
  • Liaison and networking

7
Key Functions of the Ministry
  • 1. Mainstreaming
  • 2. Advocacy, lobbying, and awareness raising
  • 3. International, Regional, and National
    Relations
  • 4. Capacity development
  • 5. Monitoring Evaluation, and Reporting
  • 6. Coordination and stakeholder management
  • 7. Policy Management and Research
  • 8. Empowerment
  • 9. Corporate services

8
Key Functions of the Ministry (continued)
  • 1. Mainstreaming
  • Facilitate establishment of the focal points and
    machineries in all spheres of government
  • Ensure inclusion of WYCPwD in governance
    processes (priorities, strategies, programmes,
    budgets etc)
  • Provide strategic guidance and support to key
    stakeholders in the development of programmes,
    policies, legislation, products etc.

9
Key Functions of the Ministry (continued)
  • Advocacy, lobbying, and awareness raising
  • Coordinate commemoration of national and
    international days
  • Raise awareness, advocate, and lobby for
    provision of effective services to WYCPwD
  • Ensure that all focal points are strategically
    located
  • Lobby for adequate financial and other resource
    allocation for WYCP programmes, projects, and
    services
  • Lobby for inclusion of WYCPwD in performance
    management systems of Senior Managers in the
    public service
  • Lobby for prioritization of WYCPwD
  • Ensure alignment to the national strategic agenda
    of government.

10
Key Functions of the Ministry (continued)
  • International, Regional, and National Relations
  • Provide leadership in all international,
    regional, and national relations pertaining to
    WYCPwD
  • Provide strategic leadership in bilateral and
    multilateral engagements
  • Coordinate input and finalize the country
    reports
  • Facilitate linkages with strategic partners
  • Facilitate the sourcing and management of donor
    support

11
Key Functions of the Ministry (continued)
  • 4. Capacity development
  • Provide strategic direction on capacity
    development within public and civil society
    sectors

12
Key Functions of the Ministry (continued)
  • Monitoring Evaluation, and Reporting
  • Develop monitoring and evaluation framework
  • Develop generic indicators for WYCPwD
  • Monitor and evaluate implementation and
    compliance with regional, continental and
    international instruments
  • Monitor policy and programme implementation in
    all spheres of government
  • Monitor legislation implementation in all spheres
    of government
  • Monitor performance of different government
    agencies (e.g. National Youth Development Agency)

13
Key Functions of the Ministry (continued)
  • Coordination and stakeholder management
  • Coordinate and manage stakeholder processes
    (machineries, all spheres of Government,
    traditional leadership, civil society, Izimbizo
    etc)
  • Initiate and manage partnerships with private
    sector, donors, civil society
  • Develop partnership framework/ policy.

14
Key Functions of the Ministry (continued)
  • Policy Management and Research
  • Develop and review national legislation/
    policies/ strategies/ guidelines WYCPwD
  • Development of generic norms and standards for
    WYCPwD
  • Develop Quality assurance system
  • Commission and undertake national research as and
    when the need arise

15
Key Functions of the Ministry (continued)
  • Empowerment
  • Initiate and facilitate the empowerment of
    constituencies on different aspects (women, youth
    and people with disabilities)
  • Ensure that all targeted groups have access to
    government resources and facilities (funding,
    skills development etc).

16
Key Functions of the Ministry (continued)
  • Corporate services
  • Specific functions will be developed by the
    Managers concerned. It was however proposed that
    the following unit be included
  • Human resources management (with EAP unit)
  • Human resources development
  • Communication
  • Finance
  • Supply Chain Management
  • Legal services
  • Internal Security
  • Office Management
  • Information Technology

17
Key Priority Areas
  • Development of cooperatives
  • Poverty alleviation including early childhood
    development
  • Increasing representation in decision-making,
    employment and in the workplace
  • Skills development, especially in rural areas
  • Transformation of all spheres of society with
    special reference to the private sector
  • Addressing violence and abuse against women,
    children, youth, persons with disabilities and
    older persons, including the issue of human
    trafficking
  • Job creation and the advancement of decent jobs
  • Fostering mentorships, coaching and support
    structures

18
Key Priority Areas (continued)
  • Facilitating learnerships and internships
  • Recognize unpaid care work and equal sharing of
    responsibilities, including through development
    of appropriate policies.
  • Establishment of funds for economic empowerment
    of women, youth, persons with disabilities and
    older persons
  • Encouraging and supporting the participation of
    NGO's and civil society
  • Prevention of drug, alcohol abuse and other forms
    of risky behaviour
  • Fostering relationships with machinery partners
    (e.g.. BYDA, CGE, Childrens Rights Advisory
    Council, CEE, HSRC, etc..)
  • Facilitate the observance of commemorative days
    and other advocacy programs.

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