Women’s Charter for Accelerated Development


Theme: Setting a New Vision and Agenda to Advance Women’s Equality, Growth and Development
20 AUGUST 2021

Session 1
Chairperson: Hon SL Tsenoli, MP
Deputy Speaker, National Assembly

Time Activity Person responsible
10h00-10h05 National Anthem ALL
10h05-10h06 Moment of Silence for Prayer and Meditation ALL
10h06-10h15 Contextualizing the Review Process.   Hon SL Tsenoli, MP
Deputy Speaker, National Assembly
10h15-10h35 Keynote Address: Repositioning the Women’s Charter for Effective Equality as a Tool for Transformation:
  • A Trajectory of Women’s Struggle, Women’s Power and Triumphs in SA.
  • The Role of the Legislative Sector: Waging a Concerted Fight to Eradicate All Forms of Discrimination, Social, Economic Exclusion and Poverty.
  • The Role of the Legislative Sector: Mainstreaming Gendered Perspectives into Parliament’s Institutional Machinery.
Hon A Masondo, MP
Chairperson, National Assembly
10h35-10h45 Tabling the Women’s Charter for Accelerated Development
  • Women’s Charter Review Findings
  • Women’s Charter for Accelerated Development-Strategic Objectives and Priority Actions
  • Processing and Implementing the Charter, through the Various Arms of the State Machinery  
Hon. SE Lucas, MP
Deputy Chairperson of the NCOP
10h45-10h50 The Women’s Charter for Accelerated Development:
  • Multiparty Women’s Caucus Participation
  • Interventions to address Urgent Matters Raise in the Charter
Hon Ms. NK Bilankulu, MP
Chairperson of the Multi-Party Women’s Caucus
10h50-10h55 Women’s Charter for Accelerated Development:
Eradicating Inequality Through Struggle, Contestation and Confrontation
Ms. B Dlamini
ANC Women’s League President
10h55-11h00 Women’s Charter for Accelerated Development:
Strengthening Women’s Socio-Political Activism, through a Multi-Sectoral Social Compact
Hon Ms H Mkhize, MP
National Convener, SA Progressive Women’s Movement & Deputy Minister for Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities
11h00-11h05 Women’s Charter for Accelerated Development:
A Roadmap to Confront Women’s Socio-Political and Economic Exclusion
Hon Ms. Z Nkomo, MP
Whip, Multiparty Women’s Caucus
11h05-11h10 Women’s Charter for Accelerated Development:
Constructing  Gender Sensitive Development Policies and Legislative Instruments
Hon Ms. N Khan Sharief, MP
Multi-Party Women’s Caucus
11h10-11h15 Women’s Charter for Accelerated Development:
Placing Women at the Centre of Government’s Transformation Agenda (Planning, Budgeting and M&E)
Hon Ms. S Majozi, MP
Multi-Party Women’s Caucus
11h15-11h20 Women’s Charter for Accelerated Development:
Towards a Gender Sensitive State Machinery-Re-engineering the state Machinery for accelerated gender transformation
Hon EN Ntlangwini, MP
Multiparty Women’s Caucus
11h20-11h25 Women’s Charter for Accelerated Development:
A Demand Document and Framework to Engage All Sector of Society, to advance Gender Equality, (Establishing a Process for Consensus Building and Sustained Engagement)  
Hon Ms. ME Suckers, MP
Multi Party Women’s Caucus

Session Two 
Chairperson: Hon Ms. SE Lucas, MP
Deputy Chairperson, National Council of Provinces

11h25-12:00 Messages of Support
11h25-11h30 Commission for Gender Equality Ms. Tamara Mathebula Chairperson: Commission for Gender Equality
11h30-11h35 Financial and Fiscal Commission Commissioner Elzabe Rockman 
Financial and Fiscal Commission
11h35-11h40 Statistics South Africa Mr. Risenga Maluleke Statistician General, Statistics South Africa
11h40-11h45 United Nations Development Programme Dr Ayodele Odusola United Nations Development Programme
11h45-11h50 South African Law Reform Commission Professor Wesahl Domingo 
Commissioner: South African Law Reform Commission
11h50-11h55 Human Science Research Council Professor Rachel Jewkes 
South African Medical Research Council
11h55-12h00 SANAC Men’s Sector Dr Matome Kganakga Deputy Chairperson: SANAC Men’s Sector

Session Three 
Chairperson: Hon NK Bilankulu, MP
Chairperson, Multiparty, Women’s Caucus

12h00-12h05 Civil Society, Women’s Formations
12h05-12h10 Ms.  M Lebone (Gauteng)
12h10-12h15 Ms. B Fantha (Eastern Cape)
12h15-12h20 Ms N Landingwa (Western Cape)
12h20-12h25 Ms. Mpokotho (Western Cape)
12h25-12h30 Ms. L Moroane (Mpumalanga)
12h30-12h35 Ms. Meriam Phaliso (Northern Cape)
12h35-12h40 Ms. W Thusi (KwaZulu Natal)
12h40-12h45 Ms. Malefu Lebese (Free State)
12h45-12h50 Ms. Maria Memedse (Limpopo)
12h50-12h55 Ms. Bitsa Lenkopane (North West)
12:55 Closing Remarks and Way Forward Hon SL Tsenoli, MP
Deputy Speaker, National Assembly