Question NW3228 to the Minister in The Presidency for Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities
08 January 2024 - NW3228
Sharif, Ms NK to ask the Minister in The Presidency for Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities
In view of the fact that the coordination of the Sanitary Dignity Programme across the Republic falls within her department’s mandate, while her department is more of a regulatory department rather than a service delivery department, what are the details of (a) how her department monitors and evaluates the sanitary dignity programme across the Republic and (b) the findings of the monitoring and evaluation process in each province since the programme was launched?
Reply:
The equitable share budget for the sanitary dignity programme is disbursed directly to Provinces by the National Treasury. Consequently, provinces run their procurement processes independently to appoint service providers to deliver sanitary pads. As the department has no control over the budget, we have no control over the procurement processes in the programme.
In monitoring the programme, the department convenes quarterly Sanitary Dignity National Task Team meetings with representatives from all provinces to receive updates on progress in the implementation of the programme.