Establishment of new Ministries (Performance Monitoring and Evaluation, Economic Affairs, Women, Children and people with Disabilities, Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs, Rural Development and Land Reform) PoA adoption of Out-comes based approach of governance Presidency (MinisterDepartment of Performance Monitoring and Evaluation) Ministers signing Performance Agreements with MEC's and Mayors Ministers signing performance agreement with MEC's and Mayors Alignment of Delivery Agreements with Institutional POA's Source: Department of Performance Monitoring and Evaluation. As a result of this management framework, the Ministry of Women, Children and Persons with Disabilities, for instance, has recorded significant progress since it was established. The Ministry has entered into bilateral agreements with other government departments such as the Department of Agriculture, Tourism, Energy, etc to ensure coordinated support for women participation in the mainstream economy. In terms of policy, the Ministry has developed the Women Empowerment and Gender Equality Bill which was gazetted in September 2012. The Bill addresses the following:       The elimination of all forms of discrimination against women and girls, and women and girls with disabilities; The elimination of all practices that violate the rights of women to social, political, economic and cultural freedoms; Equal participation of women in the economy; Equal representation of women in position of decision-making (50/50) in private sectors and all spheres of government; Public, private and civil society guidelines for gender equality/ women empowerment, and provide feedback on areas of weakness; and Monitoring of all legislations that address inequalities, discrimination against women, violence against women, access to services and economic empowerment. The Ministry further participated in national and international events convened to reaffirm the country's commitment to promote and realise the rights of women, children and people with disabilities. The Ministry also convened a dialogue on challenges faced by young children and a conference on homophobia as well as a series of dialogues on challenges faced by the youth. Although South Africa is making efforts to ensure realisation of rights of women, children and persons with disability, the escalating abuse of women, children, the elderly, gay and 44