ANNEXURE A

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PUBLIC SERVICE WOMEN MANAGEMENT WEEK REPORT (PSWMW) 2015

  1. PART ONE: DETAILS OF REPORTING DEPARTMENT

1.1. Name of Department
1.2. Indicate if Provincial or National Department
1.3. Province if applicable
1.4. Details of gender focal point / Name:
Designation:
Directorate:
Tel:
Email
1.5. Details of compiler of report / Name:
Contact details:
  1. PART TWO: COMPLIANCE WITH FEATURES OF PSWMW

2.1. Did the Department host the Public Service Women Management Week meeting?
2.1.1. Yes
2.1.2. If a different event other than a meeting was hosted, give details
2.1.3. If no PSWMW meeting or any event to review the 8-principle action plan was hosted , explain why
2.2. Did the Department host the Public Service Women Management Week meeting during the prescribed week of 24-31 August?
2.2.1. If yes, indicate the date
2.2.2. If no, indicate why, & date when it was hosted
2.3. Did the Director-General/HOD chair the meeting?
2.3.1. If yes, did he/she stay until the end of the PSWMW meeting? explain
2.3.2. If not, explain why, & indicate who chaired the meeting?
2.4. How many SMS women does your Department have? (level 13 upwards only)
2.5. How many women with disabilities are employed at SMS levels (level 13 upwards)
2.6. How many SMS women attended the PSWMW meeting? (level 13 upwards)
2.7. How many women from other levels lower than SMS attended the PSWMW meeting?
2.8. Did the agenda focus exclusively on the review of progress made in implementation of the 8-principle action plan for women empowerment and gender equality?
2.8.1. If yes, how much time was allocated for the whole agenda? Attach programme
2.8.2. If no, what else did the meeting focus on & how much time was allocated to discuss progress in implementation of the 8-principle action plan?
  1. PART THREE: REPORT ON PROGRESS MADE IN IMPLEMENTATION OF THE 8-PRINCIUPLE ACTION PLAN ON WOMEN EMPOWERMENT AND GENDER EQUALITY:

Please make sure that you provide a report that reflects progress on what was reported in 2014. Also use the 2014 Feedback from the DPSA to address the reporting gaps that were identified for your department.

PRINCIPLE / PROGRESS MADE / CHALLENGES/GAPS / PLANNED INTERVENTIONS / SPECIFIC TECHNICAL SUPPORT REQUIRED FROM DPSA
3.1. Transformation for non-sexism:
Report progress on efforts made to promote & protect human dignity & human rights of women, including women with disabilities
3.2. Establishing a policy environment:
Report on progress made in the full implementation of national policies & implementation guidelines on women’s empowerment & gender equality through the development of departmental & sector-specific guidelines & standard operating procedures
3.3. Meeting equity targets:
Report on the % of employment equity target your dept has achieved to date on women at SMS levels, & measures to ensure women’s full participation in decision- making . Indicate the number of women with disabilities at SMS (from the total of women at SMS)
3.4. Creating an enabling environment:
Report on progress made in establishing departmental & sector-specific gender management systems, adequate institutional mechanisms and dedicated gender units. Explain how these mechanisms/ systems have advanced gender transformation in your department.
3.5. Gender Mainstreaming:
Report on progress made by your department to incorporate a gender perspective/ mainstream gender into all the planning tools, policies, different programmes, projects & monitoring tools
3.6. Empowerment:
Report on capacity development initiatives or interventions undertaken for women’s advancement and gender equality in your department. (Ensure that the information you provide is gender & disaggregated)
3.7. Providing adequate resources:
Report on the human, physical and financial resources available in the department for advancing gender equality. Are the resources sufficient, are the resources mainstreamed through all programmes or centralized?
3.8. Accountability, Monitoring & Evaluation:
Report on interventions implemented to ensure, ownership for, full responsibility & accountability and reporting on advancing gender equality in your department. Indicate who is responsible for what & how does the HOD & Senior Managers in the department support & drive interventions to advance gender equality in your department.

PART FOUR: SIGNATURE OF DG/HOD

The above Public Service Women Management Week report is a true reflection of the overall progress made by my department in the implementation of the HODs 8-Principle Action Plan for Women’s Empowerment and Gender Equality to address gender inequality in the workplace.

Signed by DG/HOD

Signature:

Date:

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