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Gender Equality Machineries
Egypt
- EnglishThe law shall specify the independent national councils, including the National Council for Human Rights, the National Council for Women, the National Council for Childhood and Motherhood, and the National Council for Disabled Persons. The law shall state the composition, mandates, and guarantees for the independence and neutrality of their respective members. Each council shall have the right to report to the competent authorities any violations pertaining to their fields of work.
… (Art. 214) - Arabicيحدّد القانون المجالس الوطنية المستقلة، ومنها المجلس القومى لحقوق الإنسان، والمجلس القومي للمرأة، والمجلس القومي للطفولة والأمومة، والمجلس القومي للأشخاص ذوى الإعاقة، ويبيّن القانون كيفيّة تشكيل كلّ منها، واختصاصاتها، وضمانات استقلال وحياد أعضائها، ولها الحق فى إبلاغ السّلطات العامّة عن أى انتهاك يتعلق بمجال عملها.
... (المادّة 214)
Gender Equality Machineries
Guyana
- EnglishIn addition to the functions specified in article 212J(2), the functions of the Women and Gender Equality Commission are to -
(a) promote the issues related to the enhancement of the status of women, girls and gender issues;
(b) promote the integration of women’s needs and interests and mainstreaming of gender issues;
(c) promote the empowerment of women;
(d) promote women’s rights as human rights;
(e) raise the awareness of the contribution of women and problems faced by women including the recognition and value of unwaged work;
(f) promote women’s needs, interests, and concerns in the wider spectrum of economic and social development and address both the practical and strategic needs of women as being different from those of men;
(g) educate and monitor employers and the public on desirable employment practices in relation to women;
(h) monitor compliance and make recommendations for the compliance with international instruments to which the Government accedes from time to time, including those already acceded to and which relate to the purpose of the Commission;
(i) evaluate any system of personal and family law, customs and practices or any law likely to affect gender equality or the status of women and make recommendations to the National Assembly with regard thereto;
(j) recommend and promote the implementation of legislation and the formulation of policies and measures so as to enhance and protect the status of women;
(k) promote, initiate or cause to be carried out research and the creation of databases on women and gender related issues including those of health, especially reproductive health, violence against women and the family, and their socio-economic and political status, as the Commission may deem relevant or as may be referred to it by the National Assembly;
(l) promote consultation and cooperation with women’s organisations in relation to decision-making that affects the lives of women;
(m) recommend training and technical assistance to support initiatives by and for women and girls; and
(n) promote the participation of women in national decision-making. (Art. 212R)
Gender Equality Machineries
South Africa
- English(1) The Commission for Gender Equality must promote respect for gender equality and the protection, development and attainment of gender equality.
(2) The Commission for Gender Equality has the power, as regulated by national legislation, necessary to perform its functions, including the power to monitor, investigate, research, educate, lobby, advise and report on issues concerning gender equality.
(3) The Commission for Gender Equality has the additional powers and functions prescribed by national legislation. (Sec. 187)
Gender Equality Machineries
Zimbabwe
- EnglishThe following are the independent Commissions—
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(c) the Zimbabwe Gender Commission;
… (Sec. 232)
Gender Equality Machineries
Congo
- EnglishAn organic law determines the organization, the composition and the functioning of the Consultative Council of Women. (Art. 233)
- FrenchUne loi organique détermine l’organisation, la composition et le fonctionnement du Conseil consultatif de la femme. (Art. 233)
Gender Equality Machineries
Guyana
- English(1) The Women and Gender Equality Commission shall promote national recognition and acceptance that women’s rights are human rights, respect for gender equality and the protection, development and attainment of gender equality.
(2) The Women and Gender Equality Commission shall consist of persons from each of the categories referred to in subparagraphs (a), (b) and (c), appointed by the President as follows -
(a) not less than five nor more than fifteen members, with expertise in women’s and gender equality issues, nominated by entities, by a consensual mechanism determined by the National Assembly, after the entities which shall include the Women’s Advisory Committee of the Trade Union Congress, are determined by the votes of not less than two-thirds of all the elected members of the National Assembly;
(b) the Administrator of the Women’s Affairs Bureau, by whatever name that office is designated; and
(c) a member who shall be a nominee, without the right to vote, chosen by and from each of the following commissions: the Human Rights Commission, Ethnic Relations Commission, Indigenous Peoples’ Commission, and Rights of the Child Commission. (Art. 212Q)
Gender Equality Machineries
South Africa
- English(1) The following state institutions strengthen constitutional democracy in the Republic:
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(d) The Commission for Gender Equality.
… (Sec. 181)
Gender Equality Machineries
Zambia
- English1. There is established the Gender Equity and Equality Commission which shall have offices in the Provinces and progressively in districts.
2. The Gender Equity and Equality Commission shall promote the attainment and mainstreaming of gender equality.
3. The Gender Equity and Equality Commission shall—
a. monitor, investigate, research, educate, advise and report on issues concerning gender equality;
b. ensure institutions comply with legal requirements and other standards relating to gender equality;
c. take steps to secure appropriate redress to complaints relating to gender inequality, as prescribed; and
d. perform such other functions as prescribed. (Art. 231)
Gender Equality Machineries
Congo
- EnglishA Consultative Council of Women is instituted[,] responsible for emitting opinions on the condition of women and of making suggestions to the Government aiming to promote the integration of women into the development. (Art. 232)
- FrenchIl est institué un Conseil consultatif de la femme chargé d’émettre des avis sur la condition de la femme et de faire au Gouvernement des suggestions visant à promouvoir l’intégration de la femme au développement. (Art. 232)
Gender Equality Machineries
Guyana
- English(1) There are hereby established the following Commissions, the goals of which are to strengthen social justice and the rule of law -
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(b) the Women and Gender Equality Commission;
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