Question NW730 to the Minister in The Presidency for Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities

Reply:

a) The Secretariat of the National Council on Gender-Based Violence and Femicide (GBVF Secretariat) serves as an interim structure of the National Council on Gender-Based Violence and Femicide (NC on GBVF) for the coordination and implementation of the National Strategic Plan on Gender-Based Violence and Femicide (NSP on GBVF).

The functions/activities of the GBVF Secretariat include, but are not limited to:

1. The compilation and submission of monthly progress reports on the implementation of the NSP on GBVF to all FOSAD Clusters;
2. The compilation and submission of quarterly progress reports on the implementation of the NSP on GBVF to the Presidency;
3. Providing secretariat services to the multisectoral END GBVF Collective, a voluntary platform with 700 members that creates space for stakeholders from government, civil society, development agencies, and private citizens to think, plan, and work together in the implementation of the 6 pillars of the NSP on GBVF;
4. The convening of information sessions with national and provincial government departments on the integration of the NSP on GBVF targets to departmental plans;
5. The implementation of the 100-Day Challenge Capacity Building Programme, which was a pilot to accelerate local implementation of the NSP on GBVF in seven districts with intentional focus and systems design to create the enabling conditions for collaboration, innovation and execution;
6. The provision of technical support to the planning and organising of the Presidential GBVF Summit 2 working groups; organised Pillar Dialogues; and trained all nine provinces on pre-summits guidelines in line with the Presidential Summit theme: “Accountability, Acceleration and Amplification NOW”;
7. Drafting the NSP on GBVF two and a half years reflective report which formed the key base document for the Presidential Summits on GBVF; and
8. Provides secretariat support services to all Presidential Summits on GBVF inclusive of final summit reports.

These are some of the highlights of the overall work coordinated by the GBVF Secretariat to implement the NSP on GBVF.

b) The total amount incurred over the period 2020/21 to 2022/23 by the GBVF Secretariat amounts to R6 635 834.