CGE ANNUAL REPORT

2022/23 ANNUAL REPORT

Name of Commissioner

Strategic Outcomes

Quarter 3 Activity Report

Committee Meetings Attended: • Special PEI Committee Meeting: 05 & 10 October 2022. • Special Plenary: 10 October 2022. • SPME Committee Meeting: 13 October 2022. • GG Committee Meeting: 17 October 2022. • FINCOM Committee: 20 October 2022. • Plenary: 27 – 28 October 2022. • Portfolio Committee on Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities: 14 October 2022. Special Committees: • Procurement Report Launch Planning Meeting: 11 October 2022. • Portfolio Committee Preparation Meeting: 13 October 2022. • Special Legal Committee: 10 November 2022. Section 6 Committee on Sexual work decriminalisation: 18 October 2022 – Virtual: • Review of the sex work decriminalisation position of CGE. • Identify possible roles for different role players in the decriminalisation. • Identify possible challenges to decriminalisation and solutions thereof. • Engage stakeholders for and against decriminalisation. • Engage sex workers through their civil society organisations. • Consult around this internally. Sanparks Investigative Hearing: 04 October 2022: • Hold the entity accountable on gender equality in the workplace. • Identify possible shortcomings/ gaps around promotion of gender equality in the workplace. • Assess their gender policies. • Assess their plans and programs with the intention of protecting gender equality in the workplace. • Find out if the entity empowers women economically (as previously disadvantaged) through procurement. Sol Plaatje Municipality Hearing: 05 October 2022: • Find out if allegations of sexual harassment by certain employees were addressed by the municipality. • Find out if allegations of sexual harassment were indeed handled correctly by the municipality. • Find out if the municipality has the anti-sexual harassment and bullying policy and if the policy is being followed.

Strategic Outcome 1: To ensure the creation and implementation of an enabling legislative framework that promotes the attainment of Gender Equality.

D. Mothupi

Strategic Outcome 2: To promote and protect gender equality through

public awareness, education, investigation, and litigation.

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