REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA COMBINED SECOND PERIODIC REPORT UNDER THE AFRICAN CHARTER ON HUMAN AND PEOPLE`S RIGHTS and INITIAL REPORT UNDER THE PROTOCOL TO THE AFRICAN CHARTER ON THE RIGHTS OF WOMEN IN AFRICA 58. Over the past 21 years some examples of good practices on gender responsive budgeting within government include, amongst others, the Department of Trade and Industry which is able to budget for women in trade, broadly including SMME’s and the Department of Health is able to budget for maternal and child mortality and HIV and AIDS with a considerable annual increase in the budget. This has resulted in a reduction in mother-to-child transmission of HIV and AIDS from 71% in 2009 to 99% in 2013. The Department of Environmental Affairs has set aside R800 million for green economy initiatives, a percentage of which is earmarked for women in businesses and entrepreneurships in environmental issues. The Department of Social Development has increased social grants for children of single mothers, which is alleviating child poverty by 17%. Social grants for the elderly are mostly taken up by women. 59. While these budgets are responding to women’s needs they cannot be said to have been analysed in a systematic manner using gender responsive budgeting principles. Furthermore, in 2013 the Department of Women, Children and People with Disabilities, working with a NGO known as the Motsepe Foundation, has undertaken an analysis of the national budgets of four national departments namely the Departments of Energy, the Department of Health, the Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries and the Department of Trade and Industry. These are departments which have line-functions that directly impact on the lives of women, particularly those in rural areas. 60. The gender responsible budgeting work on gender-based violence has been mainly undertaken by civil society organizations that undertake this as part of broader research and advocacy. The overall aim of the work is to promote improved implementation of key legislation such as, amongst others, the Domestic Violence Act, 1998295 and Sexual Offences Act, 2007. 296This has been done by researching and reporting on the resources allocated as well as on the experiences of women who attempt to access the services provided for in the different pieces of related legislation. The work has contributed to a growing knowledge base on facts and figures in South Africa. Gender mainstreaming 61. The South African National Gender Policy Framework provides the blueprint for gender mainstreaming, a process which began in South Africa in 1995 following the adoption of the Beijing Platform for Action. The result has been the institutionalization of gender mainstreaming within state organs and government departments. At a minimum, gender focal points have been established in all national departments. 62. In South Africa, gender mainstreaming is envisaged as the responsibility of every government official. In order to accelerate gender mainstreaming in the Public Service, a training manual on gender mainstreaming for the public service was developed in 2004 by the former Office on the Status of Women in the Presidency in partnership with the Public Administration Leadership and Management Academy (PALAMA), which is the training academy for the South African 295 296 Act No. 116 of 1998 Act o. 32 of 2007 152