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Main Functions<br />
Countries* National Plans Objectives National Machinery<br />
for Implementation<br />
of Women’s Policies<br />
HDI<br />
Rank<br />
Annex<br />
The functions of the office include: develop<br />
gender mainstreaming guidelines; establish<br />
a gender focal point system <strong>and</strong> interministerial<br />
working group; train key planning<br />
officers, gender focal points, as well as placing<br />
gender advisors in prioritized ministries.<br />
Office for the<br />
Promotion of<br />
Equality (CEDAW<br />
2008b).<br />
It aims to: protect women’s<br />
fundamental rights; develop <strong>and</strong><br />
improve the quality of text books,<br />
other materials <strong>and</strong> learning<br />
processes, stress the importance<br />
of eliminating gender stereotypes;<br />
improve educational provision,<br />
particularly through the provision<br />
of professional training, notably for<br />
girls <strong>and</strong> women; reduce the number<br />
of illiterate people within the adult<br />
population, with an emphasis<br />
particularly on women.<br />
147 Timor-Leste National Development<br />
Plan 2002 (CEDAW<br />
2008b).<br />
The policy guidelines for the Committee<br />
include: promote the health, education <strong>and</strong><br />
socioeconomic status of women down to the<br />
grass-roots level; educate <strong>and</strong> organize the<br />
Myanmar women to uphold the tradition,<br />
culture <strong>and</strong> to safeguard one’s own lineage;<br />
implement the resolutions of the World<br />
Women’s Conferences into action in accord<br />
with the state policy <strong>and</strong> political, economic<br />
<strong>and</strong> social objective.<br />
Myanmar National<br />
Committee for<br />
Women’s Affairs<br />
1996 (UNESCAP<br />
n.d.).<br />
The Plan aims to advance women’s<br />
interest in the areas of: education;<br />
health; violence against women;<br />
economy; culture <strong>and</strong> girl-child.<br />
149 Myanmar Myanmar National<br />
Plan of Action for<br />
the Advancement<br />
of Women 1997<br />
(UNESCAP n.d.).<br />
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Korea<br />
(Democratic<br />
People’s<br />
Republic of )<br />
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