(The following report replaces the Report of
the Select Committee on Women, Children and People with Disabilities which was
published on page 2022 in ATC No 35 of 25 March 2014)
Report of the Select Committee on Women, Children and People with Disabilities
on the Women Empowerment and
Gender Equality Bill [B50B - 2013] (National
Assembly – Section 76), dated 25 March 2014.
The Department of Women, Children and People with
Disabilities briefed the committee on 4 March 2014 on the Women
Empowerment and Gender Equality Bill [B50B - 2013].
The Bill was referred to the committee on 4 March 2014.
The Select Committee on Women,
Children and People with Disabilities, having deliberated on and considered the
subject of the Women
Empowerment and Gender Equality Bill [B50B - 2013] (National
Assembly – sec 76), referred to it and classified by the JTM as a section 76
Bill, reports that it has agreed to an amended Bill [B50D – 2013], as follows:
CLAUSE 1
CLAUSE 3
1. On page 4,
in line 56, to omit ‘‘People’s’’ and to substitute, ‘‘Peoples’’’.
2. On page 4,
in line 57, to omit ‘‘African’’, and to substitute ‘‘Africa’’.
3. On page 4, after line 59, to insert the following:
‘‘(vii) The United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons
with
Disabilities,
2008.’’
4. On page 5,
in line 8, to omit ‘‘a’’.
5. On page 5,
in line 9, to omit ‘‘per cent’’, and to substitute ‘‘percent’’.
6. On page 5,
in line 16, after ‘‘programmes’’, to insert ‘‘by designated public
bodies and
designated private bodies’’.
7. On page 5, after line 18, to insert the following paragraph:
‘‘(h) address
the pervasive discriminatory patriarchal attitudes and
the lingering
effects of apartheid faced by women in the
education system, and
to ensure that women’s childbearing
responsibilities are not the
cause for drop out or exclusion.’’.
CLAUSE 4
1. On page 5,
from line 25, to omit ‘‘address the pervasive discriminatory
patriarchal attitudes
and the lingering effects of apartheid faced by women
in the
education system, and to ensure that woman’s childbearing
responsibilities are not the
cause for drop out or exclusion, in order to’’.
CLAUSE 7
CLAUSE 8
1. On page 6,
in line 57, to omit ‘‘and the international agreements’’.
CLAUSE 9
1. On page 7,
in line 17, after ‘‘women’’, to insert ‘‘, black women in
particular,’’.
2. On page 7,
in line 18, to omit ‘‘at least 50%’’ and to substitute ‘‘a minimum
of 50
percent’’.
CLAUSE 10
1. On page 8,
in line 9, to omit ‘‘at least 50%’’ and to substitute ‘‘a minimum
of 50
percent’’.
CLAUSE 11
CLAUSE 17
1. On page
10, in line 42, to omit ‘‘16(b)’’, and to substitute ‘‘16(1)(b)’’.
2. On page
10, in line 49, to omit ‘‘16(b)’’, and to substitute ‘‘16(1)(b)’’.
SCHEDULE 2
1. On page 13, to insert the following legislation:
Act No. 32 of
2000: Local Government: Municipal Systems Act
Act No. 56 of
2003: Local Government: Municipal Finance
Management
Act
Act No. 41 of
2003: Traditional Leadership and Governance
Framework Act
Report to be considered.