IMPLEMENTATION PLAN AND REPORT FOR GENDER EQUALITY: TEMPLATE

PART 1: DETAILS OF DEPARTMENT

1.1.NAME OF DEPARTMENT
1.2.NAME OF PROVINCE/NATIONAL DEPARTMENT
1.3.DETAILS OF GENDER FOCAL POINT/ OFFICIAL RESPONSIBLE FOR COMPILING THE PLAN / Name:
Designation:
Contact Details:
Email:

PART 2: IMPLEMENTATION PLAN AND REPORT

INSTRUCTIONS: ON THE PROGRESS REPORT WHERE POSSIBLE, GIVE DISAGGRGATED DATA AND MORE DETAILS ON WHAT WAS DONE

2.1. Strategic Objective 1: Adopt a wide set of options for capacity development in order to achieve women’s empowerment and gender equality for the creation of a non-sexist state

Sub-Objective 1: Develop knowledge of legal and strategic framework & mandates at a national & global level with regard to gender:
1.1National Development Plan: Vision for 2030
1.2South African National Policy Framework for Women’s Empowerment and Gender Equality of 2000.
1.3The SADC Gender protocol
1.4Beijing Platform for Action
1.5The African Union Agenda 2063
1.5 CEDAW
Activities / Time-Frame / Success/Performance Indictor/s / Resources/Budget / Responsibility / Progress
Sub-Objective 2: Develop knowledge of policies related to women’s empowerment & gender equality
Activities / Time-Frame / Success/Performance Indicator/s / Resources/Budget / Responsibility / Progress
Sub-Objective 3: Create a leadership pipeline through which women can be capacitated & developed for upward mobility, including through the establishment of programmes for leadership development such as bursaries, mentorships, internships and ADP
Activities / Time- Frame / Success/ Performance indicator/s / Resources/Budget / Responsibility / Progress

2.2. Strategic Objective 2: Adopt a wide set of options for organizational support in order to promote women’s empowerment and gender equality

Sub-Objective 1: Create an organizational culture which is gender sensitive and which also ensures attitudes and mind-shifts
Activities / Time-Frame / Success/Performance indicators / Resources/Budget / Responsibility / Progress
Sub-Objective 2: Provide adequate resources to deal with issues of gender particularly women with disabilities
Activities / Time-Frame / Success/Performance indicators / Resources/Budget / Responsibility / Progress
Sub-Objective 3: Mainstreaming of gender in strategic plans, MTEF, cluster & sector plans & gender responsive budgeting
Activities / Time-Frame / Success/Performance Indicators / Resources/Budget / Responsibility / Progress
Sub-Objective 4: Focus on sexual harassment, workplace gender based violence, work-life balance, provision of child care facilities:
In addition to the progress made on planned activities, please also provide the following:
4.1 Existence of child care policies, transport policies, etc
Activities / Time-Frame / Success/Performance Indicators / Resources/Budget / Responsibility / Progress

2.3. Strategic Objective 3: Adopt a wide set of options for governance and institutional development in order to promote women’s empowerment and gender equality

Sub-Objective 1: Institutionalize the HODs 8-Principle action plan
Activities / Time-Frame / Success/Performance Indicators / Resources/Budget / Responsibility / Progress
Sub-Objective 2: Establish gender management systems and institutional mechanisms:
In addition to the progress made on planned activities, please also provide the following:
1.1Is there a Unit coordinating gender management in the department?
1.2How many staff member in the Unit? PLEASE INDICATE THEIR LEVELS!
1.3Please give their primary responsibilities according to their job descriptions?
1.4How much is the budget allocated to the Unit? / 1.5
Activities / Time-Frame / Success/Performance Indicators / Resources/Budget / Responsibility / Progress
Sub-Objective 3: Affirmative Action, special measures and women manager’s forum to achieve 50% representation of women at all levels of SMS:
In addition to the progress made on planned activities, please also provide the following:
3.1 What Affirmative Action/special measures exist?
Activities / Time-Frame / Success/Performance Indicators / Resources/Budget / Responsibility / Progress
Sub-Objective 4:M&E, reporting, gender audits, disaggregated data, gender analysis:
In addition to the progress made on planned activities, please also provide the following:
4.1 Are gender indicators in the department included in the M&E process? PLEASE EXPLAIN!
4.2 Have the department conducted any gender analysis? WHAT WERE THE FINDINGS!
4.3 Do you have disaggregated information?
Activities / Time-Frame / Success/Performance Indicators / Resources/Budget / Responsibility / Progress

2.4. Strategic Objective 4: Adopt a wide set of options for economic growth and development in order to promote women’s empowerment and gender equality

Sub-Objective 1: Focus on women’s economic empowerment in various policies and economic development programmes:
In addition to the progress made on planned activities, please also provide the following:
1.1 Give information in a disaggregated manner according to youth, rural and urban women and older women with disabilities.
Activities / Time-Frame / Success/Performance Indicators / Resources/Budget / Responsibility / Progress
Sub-Objective 2: Partnerships:
In addition to the progress made on planned activities, please also provide the following:
2.1 What kind of partnerships have been successfully established?
Activities / Time-Frame / Success/Performance Indicators / Resources/Budget / Responsibility / Progress
Sub-Objective 3: Programmes for poverty alleviation for women, including women in rural areas, young and older women and girl children & women with disabilities:
In addition to the progress made on planned activities, please also provide the following:
3.1 Please indicate the programmes identified.
Activities / Time-Frame / Success/Performance Indicators / Resources/Budget / Responsibility / Progress

Signature by DG/HOD DATE

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