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Table 4: National Commitments to Advance Women’s <strong>Rights</strong><br />
Main Functions<br />
Countries* National Plans Objectives National Machinery<br />
for Implementation<br />
of Women’s Policies<br />
HDI<br />
Rank<br />
East <strong>Asia</strong><br />
The Bureaufunctions as the Secretariatfor the<br />
Council for Gender Equality <strong>and</strong> undertakes<br />
the planning <strong>and</strong> overall coordination of<br />
various matters related to the promotion of<br />
the formation of a gender-equal society.<br />
Gender Equality<br />
Bureau 2001<br />
(UNESCAP n.d.).<br />
The Plan promote policies related to<br />
theformationofgender-equalsociety<br />
in a comprehensive <strong>and</strong> systematic<br />
manner; raising the percentage of<br />
women in leadership positions in all<br />
fields to at least around 30 per cent of<br />
the total by 2020.<br />
12 Japan Second Basic Plan for<br />
Gender Equality 2005<br />
(CEDAW 2008c).<br />
The functions of the Ministry include:<br />
Coordination<strong>and</strong>planningofgenderequality<br />
policies; analysis <strong>and</strong> assessment of the policy<br />
outcome on gender; development <strong>and</strong><br />
utilizationof the female workforce; expansion<br />
of women’s social participation; prevention of<br />
domestic <strong>and</strong> sexual violence <strong>and</strong> protection<br />
of victims; <strong>and</strong> cooperation with women’s<br />
groups <strong>and</strong> international organizations.<br />
Ministry of Gender<br />
Equality 2001<br />
(UNESCAP n.d.).<br />
The Plan aims to: Realize a genderequal<br />
society through policies<br />
that induce changes in men’s<br />
perception <strong>and</strong> attitudes as well as<br />
transformation in social relationship<br />
between men <strong>and</strong> women; identifies<br />
gender-mainstreaming as the<br />
key strategy in women’s policies;<br />
incorporate gender perspectives<br />
into government policies; establish<br />
partnership among the national<br />
<strong>and</strong> local governments, women’s<br />
organizations, <strong>and</strong> expert groups.<br />
Third Basic Plan for<br />
Women’s Policies<br />
(2008–2012)<br />
(CEDAW 2007c).<br />
15 Korea<br />
(Republicof )<br />
The Ministry serves as the national focal<br />
point on policy matters <strong>and</strong> for international<br />
cooperation pertaining to women; acts as the<br />
Secretariat to the Inter-Ministry Committee<br />
on CEDAW <strong>and</strong> facilitates work on the<br />
implementation of the Convention; <strong>and</strong><br />
works with local women’s groups to address<br />
women’s issues.<br />
No information available Ministry of<br />
Community<br />
Development <strong>and</strong><br />
Sports, Family<br />
Development<br />
Division. (Women’s<br />
Desk). 2002.<br />
(UNESCAP n.d)<br />
26 Singapore No information<br />
available<br />
40 <strong>Enforcing</strong> <strong>Rights</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>Correcting</strong> <strong>Wrongs</strong>