GRPB-framework-250119A.pdf

Summary

The provided document outlines a comprehensive framework for Gender-Responsive Planning, Budgeting, Monitoring, Evaluation, and Auditing (GRPBMEA) in South Africa, aiming to tackle persistent gender inequality. It establishes the Department of Women's mandate to lead this initiative, referencing various global, continental, regional, and national commitments to gender equality. The text highlights the necessity of GRPBMEA due to ongoing political, economic, and social exclusion of women and the historical weaknesses in institutionalizing gender mainstreaming across the state machinery. Furthermore, it proposes a multidisciplinary approach for implementing GRPBMEA, integrating it within existing public policy cycles and financial systems to ensure clear gender outcomes and impacts. The framework details an implementation plan spanning short- to long-term phases, focusing on engendering national planning, evaluation, policy, data, and budgeting systems, emphasizing statewide institutionalization and coordination among key stakeholders to ensure sustained progress.