No. 1.
Focus area Health
Goal
Issue
Activity
Key performance indicator
Timeframe
Key responsible agency
1.1
Improved Nutrition among Pregnant Women and Lactating mothers
1.1.a
Under nutrition among Pregnant Women and Lactating mothers
Strengthen and streamline of existing programmes pertaining to nutrition of pregnant and lactating mothers
Improved nutritional status
3 years
1.2
Improved reproductive health and contraceptive services.
1.2.a
Disparities in the effective implementation of the National Health Policy relating in particular to reproductive health and contraceptive services.
Conduct research to identify disparities in reproductive health services and introduce appropriate programmes to eliminate disparities.
Report on research available
+ 1 year
Improved statistics in the field of reproductive health
+ 3 years
Medical termination of pregnancies in the case of incest, rape or major congenital abnormalities is a criminal offence
Formulate necessary amendments to the Penal Code for presentation to parliament for enactment
Penal Code (Amendment) Bill formulated
+ 2 years
Ministry of Justice and Law Commission
Mobilize support for the said changes by networking with different stake holders including policymakers
Discussions held with policymakers
+ 1 year
Ministry of Justice
Obtain Cabinet approval and present Bill to Parliament
Bill presented to Parliament
+ 2 years
Conduct relevant programmes for relevant groups
Reduction of unsafe abortions
+ 3 years
1.3
1.4
Decriminalize medical termination of pregnancies in the case of incest, rape and major congenital abnormalities.
1.3.a
Improved awareness on use of 1.4.a contraceptives on with a view to reducing unwanted pregnancies
Prevalence of unsafe abortion
Ministry of Health and Provincial Councils
Ministry of Education Ministry of Child Development and Women’s Affairs
Increase in use of contraceptives
Ministry of Health 2.
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Economic empowerment
2.1
Rights of Women
Improving earning capacity among women
2.1.a
National Action Plan for the Protection ad Promotion of Human Rights - 2011-2016
Significant proportion of poor are women headed households
Evaluate the impact of current initiatives on economic empowerment of women poverty alleviation programmes on women in the rural and plantation sectors, female heads of households, single women, disabled and other disadvantaged groups.
Evaluation report available
+ 1 year
Ministry of Child Development and Women’s Affairs Ministry of Education Ministry of Economic Development