Subsections (a), (b), and (c) of Section 11 of The Commission for Gender Equality Act read:

The Commission for Gender Equality,

(a) shall monitor and evaluate policies and practices of organs of state at any level, statutory bodies or functionaries, public bodies and authorities, and private businesses, enterprises and institutions, in order to promote gender equality, and may make recommendations that the Commission deems necessary;

(c) shall evaluate any Act of Parliament, any system of personal and family law or custom, any system of indigenous law customs or practices, or any other law in force at the commencement of this Act, or any law proposed by parliament or any other legislature after the commencement of this Act, affecting or likely to affect gender equality or the status of women, and make recommendations to parliament or such other legislature with regard thereto;

(d) may recommend to parliament or any other legislature the adoption of new legislation which would promote gender equality and the status of women.