ATC140325: 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.

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 [B50C – 2013], as follows:

CLAUSE 1

1. On page 4, in line 3, after ‘‘policies’’, to insert ‘‘, legislation’’.

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’’.

2. On page 5, from line 33, to omit ‘‘at least a minimum of 50 percent’’.

CLAUSE 7

1. On page 6, in line 26, to omit ‘‘per cent’’, and to substitute ‘‘percent’’.

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

1. On page 3, in line 39, after the second ‘‘and’’, to insert ‘‘measures’’.

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.