Section 11 of The Commission for Gender Equality Act (CGEA) provides the powers and functions of the CGE. Subsections (a), (b) and (c) of Section 11 are directly linked to the public sector, and can be read here. In sum, they empower the CGE to monitor and evaluate all organs of the state, acts of Parliament passed, and systems of law in place or being proposed. The monitoring and evaluation focuses on the likelihood of gender equality being affected and whether recommendations can be made in order to promote gender equality.

Rather than the explicit issuing of public sector equality duties, implicit public sector equality duties can be discerned. As organs of the State are aware that they are being monitored and evaluated in terms of their adherence and promotion of gender equality, they will be more likely to implement.