South Africa

Public and private procurement is gender responsive

Public and private procurement and related laws and policies reviewed and reformed in favor of women’s business enterprises (WBEs)

Public and corporate procurement and supply chain officials capacity is strengthened to implement gender-responsive procurement

Increased advocacy for favourable public and private procurement policies for WBEs by public senior officials

Increased evidence-based sharing and learning amongst pathfinder country's on gender-responsive procurement

Increased awareness, engagement and high-level advocacy for favorable procurement policies for women's enterprises

Enabling environment for implementation of the Women's Empowerment Principles created

Women's participation in global value chains enhanced

Increased awareness and capacity of women's entrepreneurs and value chain actors to support women's enhanced participation in global and national value chains and for post COVID-19 economic recovery.

Strengthened Women Entrepreneurs Access to Finance

National and regional COVID 19 response and recovery frameworks in targeted countries are gender responsive/inclusive

Women and girls at risk of COVID 19 access and benefit from recovery/ restoration of livelihood sources and resilience building measures

More Women in Informal Economy access Social Protection

Women business owners and entrepreneurs have increased access to online learning opportunities, networking and access to opportunities.

Increased resources, policies, or programs focused on economic justice and rights driven by South Africa’s leadership role in the Generation Equality Forum (GEF) and its advocacy to African Union Member States to advance economic inclusion, fair and equal participation of women across African Union member states.

Increased resources, policies, or programs focused on economic justice and rights driven by South Africa’s leadership role in the Generation Equality Forum (GEF) and its advocacy to African Union Member States to advance fair and equal economic participation and inclusion of women across African Union Member States.

Low income women entrepreneurs (micro-entrepreneurs and members of co-operatives) better manage their enterprises for decent jobs and income security and/or autonomy

Increased capacity of women micro-entrepreneurs to manage profitable enterprises

Increased capacity of women micro-entrepreneurs to manage their enterprises profitably

Increased capacity of local government to provide gender sensitive support to entrepreneurs (micro-entrepreneurs and co-operatives)

Increased capacity of government and other local stakeholders to provide gender sensitive support to entrepreneurs (micro-entrepreneurs and co-operatives)

Enhanced commitment by Government partners (national and local) to implement AWOME model and facilitate collaboration with other government agencies/national organizations that have a mandate on enterprise development for provision of services that address the needs of AWOME entrepreneurs.

Increased access by Government to gender sensitive materials and strategies for capacity development of entrepreneurs (micro-entrepreneurs and Co-operatives)

AWOME trainers, government partners (national and local), NGO Partners have increased capacity and skills to implement gender sensitive support to entrepreneurs for job creation and income security

AWOME women micro-entrepreneurs/enterprises build resilience to survive and recover from the effects of COVID-19 Pandemic

Improved capacity to manage AWOME Programme effectively in accordance with stakeholders' expectations within and approved policies and practices.

Increased productivity and market access for women in climate smart agriculture

Women have increased their productivity in a changing climate

Opportunities for organized women to move up the value chains are provided

The Multi-Country Programme is implemented with a focus on ‘research for development’ and documenting lessons learned

Strengthened national and local capacity to develop and implement laws polivcies and services that recognize and address the disproportionate share pf unpaid care by

GBV prevention strategies and action plans are implemented by UN, government and civil society in a coordinated manner and are informed by voices of women survivors of violence

Enhanced integrated UN system, government and national stake-holders multi-sector (coordination mechanism) capacity for responding to GBV in South Africa

Enhanced integrated UN system, government and national stake-holders multi-sector coordination mechanism capacity for responding to GBV in SAMCO countries and at SADC Secretariat

National and local authorities access GBV data and statistics including best practices to inform GBV strategy implementation

National and local authorities access GBV data and statistics by including GBV indicators in the National Monitoring Framework to inform National GBV Strategy implementation in South Africa and strengthening data collection tools in South Africa and SADC levels

Favourable social norms, attitudes and behaviours are promoted at community and individual levels to prevent GBV

Women, girls, men and boys at community and individual level are mobilized in favor of respectful relationships and gender equality

Youth mobilised through technology and social media to engage in GBV and HIV

An enabling environment for the implementation of WPS commitment is created in South Africa (including on ending VAWG)

South Africa (SADC and one other SACU country) adopt quality accountability frameworks, which are locally contextualized, to meet emerging threats and challenges including development of SMART National Action Plan (NAP) on UNSCR 1325

South Africa (SADC and one other SACU country) adopt high impact quality accountability frameworks, which are locally contextualized, participatory and inclusive to meet emerging threats and challenges including development of SMART National Action Plan (NAP) on UNSCR 1325

Regional insitutions and Member States are supported to implement WPS commitments in plans and strategies

Regional Institutions and Member States are supported to implement WPS commitments in plans and strategies

WPS Best practices and lessons learned from the SADC region informs regional and global dialogue on WPS

Increased availability of women leaders and gender advocates with capacities to participate in formal and informal conflict prevention, mediation, peacebuilding and peace negotiations at international, national and local community levels

Gender equality tools and skills to monitor and measure progress on global commitments under the normative framework

Governments and civil society engage actively in reporting and monitoring the implementation of the global normative frameworks i.e Beijing Platform for Action and SDGs

More Women in Informal Economy access Social Protection

HIV/AIDS prevention and management strategies and action plans are implemented by UN RECs, Governments and Civil Society in a coordinated manner and are informed by voices of WLHIV

HIV/AIDS prevention and management strategies and action plans are implemented by UN, RECs, Governments and Civil Society in a coordinated manner, focused on addressing gender inequalities, especially for Adolescent Girls and Young Women and are informed by voices of WLHIV

Women and girls at risk of infection, including Women Living with HIV, in target settings in SA have improved access to information, capacities and knowledge for prevention of COVID 19, GBV and HIV/AIDS

Regional knowledge management for HIV/SRHR/GBV/COVID-19 in East and Southern Africa Region

Regional knowledge management for HIV/SRHR/GBV in East and Southern Africa Region