The SA NAP implementation is monitored through a Steering Committee comprising of Government and Civil Society. There is no dedicated budget, however government has implemented a gender responsive planning, budgeting, monitoring, evaluation, and auditing framework.
Priorities include training women peacebuilders, addressing GBV, promotion of women’s participation in peace missions and in decision-making positions.
The SA NAP has made a deliberate effort to include in its guiding principle – the Protection and empowerment of women, girls, and gender non-conforming persons.
There are Five hallmarks of the NAP and those are as follows:
- Training women and youth leaders from all over the continent targeting women who live in vulnerable situations because of conflict
- Promote and share best practices on conflict resolution, peacebuilding, and peace-making processes
- Advocacy body for sustainability of peace through inclusive and meaningful participation of women
- Building a strong peace architecture from the grassroots
- Using Women Peace Table during times of crises
- Using the Peace Song for mobilization
Gender equality policies/feminist foreign policies
A baseline study has demonstrated that 67 percent of the targeted activities have been completed with a majority located within the Participation pillar, mainly due to the increase in the number of women in various political processes including leadership positions in different spheres of government and the security sector, have trained over 500 women in conflict prevention, mediation, and preventive diplomacy.
There is approximately 37% women in the South African National Defence Force, 27% are combat in positions and 39% representation for women in the police More support should be given to civil society for WPS NAP programmes.
South Africa has developed the Gender Responsive Planning, Budgeting, Monitoring, Evaluation and Auditing Framework (GRPBMEAF) and implementation plan by Cabinet on 27 March 2019, the Department of Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities (DWYPD) is the custodian of monitoring its implementation through the stakeholders Self-Assessment Monitoring Tool which is used to track progress against the implementation plan of the framework biannually since 2021:
Focal Point
Ms. Nthabiseng Malefane – Chief Director, Transformation Programme and Organisational Development, Department of International Relations and Cooperation