CGE ANNUAL REPORT

2022/23 ANNUAL REPORT

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FREE STATE

Limpopo

Gauteng

Mpumalanga

North West

Free State

KwaZulu-Natal

Northern Cape

Boitumelo Zwane Free State Provincial Manager (Acting)

Eastern Cape

Western Cape

Free State Provincial Performance Highlights 2022/23 The Free State Office conducted two key stakeholder engagements held in the first and second quarter titled “An impact engagement on promotion, protection, and development of gender equality in the Free State Province for 2021/22 Financial Year” and “Engagement with Women: Nipping widowhood woes in the bud”. The engagements targeted various government department at provincial and local government as well as civil society organisations and Chapter 9 institutions. SAWID and the Department of Justice and Constitutional Development- Master of the High Court were key stakeholders for the widowhood engagement. Public education outreaches have been conducted in various disadvantaged communities, that were identified to have GBVF response challenges. Areas reached were Phase 9 & 6 in Bloemfontein, Thaba Nchu, Rouxville, Jacobsdal, Bethulie, Kestell, Heidedal and Kroonstad. These areas are situated in the Mangaung Metro, Xhariep District, Thabo Mofutsanyana District and Fezile Dabi District. The public education outreaches mainly focused on advocacy for access to justice, whereby key justice cluster departments were afforded platform to educate communities on government services in response to GBVF. The public education outreaches resulted in 1139 people being reached. Through community radio platforms such as Mosupatsela FM, CUT FM, Med FM and Cape Town TV, communities were educated on key topics and were kept abreast on key projects undertaken by the provincial office. Topics and projects covered were the relationship between Freedom and Gender Equality during Freedom Month, Child Maintenance, 16 Days of Activism and the NSP-GBVF, 100 day challenges, the CGE back to school project, Gender Rights vs Human Rights during human rights month and Sexual Reproductive Health Rights. Access to the above community radio station has been made possible through provincial stakeholder relations forged with the Free State Office of GCIS and the Central University of Technology.

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