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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 />
Its main functions are to: formulate public<br />
policies to meet specific needs of women;<br />
ensure women’s interests <strong>and</strong> needs are<br />
adequately safeguarded <strong>and</strong> met by various<br />
organsof the government; ensure equality of<br />
opportunity in education <strong>and</strong> employment<br />
<strong>and</strong> fuller participation of women in all<br />
spheres of national life; Matters relating to<br />
equality of opportunity in education <strong>and</strong><br />
employment <strong>and</strong> fuller participation of<br />
women in all spheres of national life<br />
Ministry of Women<br />
Development, Social<br />
Welfare <strong>and</strong> Special<br />
Education 1979<br />
(UNESCAP n.d.).<br />
It states that equality between<br />
women <strong>and</strong> men is a matter of<br />
human rights <strong>and</strong> a condition for<br />
social justice. It is also a necessary<br />
<strong>and</strong> fundamental pre- requisite for<br />
equality, development <strong>and</strong> peace for<br />
the promotion of people centered<br />
sustainable development.<br />
145 Pakistan National Plan of Action<br />
for the Advancement<br />
of Women 2002<br />
(CEDAW 2005c).<br />
The Ministry aims to: implement policies <strong>and</strong><br />
programs; focal point for actions on issues<br />
of women’s equality; develop <strong>and</strong> promote<br />
comprehensive <strong>and</strong> consistent responses to<br />
the needs <strong>and</strong> priorities of women in activities<br />
of all Government agencies.<br />
Ministry of Women<br />
<strong>and</strong> Children Affairs<br />
CEDAW 2010b).<br />
The policy goal is to eliminate all<br />
forms of discrimination against<br />
women <strong>and</strong> empower them with<br />
abilities to be equal partners of men<br />
in the development process.<br />
146 Bangladesh National Policy<br />
for Advancement<br />
of Women 1997<br />
(CEDAW 2010b).<br />
Thefunctionsinclude:mainstreamingwomen<br />
in national development; empowerment of<br />
women; gender sensitization.<br />
Ministry of Women<br />
<strong>and</strong> Social Welfare<br />
1995 (UNESCAP.<br />
n.d.).<br />
The Plan includes strategies to<br />
increase the number of women in<br />
the constitutional bodies, judicial<br />
service, public enterprises, <strong>and</strong> the<br />
civil service; suggest various legal <strong>and</strong><br />
capacity-enhancement measures for<br />
implementation.<br />
157 Nepal National Plan of Action<br />
on gender equality <strong>and</strong><br />
women empowerment<br />
2003 (CEDAW<br />
2003b).<br />
The Ministry works within the government<br />
<strong>and</strong> with international <strong>and</strong> NGO partners<br />
to ensure that government policies, budgets<br />
<strong>and</strong> services consider their impacts on both<br />
Afghan women <strong>and</strong> men.<br />
Ministry of<br />
Women’s Affairs<br />
2001 (UNIFEM<br />
Afghanistan 2007).<br />
The vision of the Plan is to build a<br />
peaceful <strong>and</strong> progressive Afghanistan<br />
where women <strong>and</strong> men both<br />
enjoy security, equal rights <strong>and</strong><br />
opportunities in all aspects of life.<br />
172 Afghanistan National Action Plan<br />
for the Women of<br />
Afghanistan (UNIFEM<br />
Afghanistan 2007).<br />
48 <strong>Enforcing</strong> <strong>Rights</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>Correcting</strong> <strong>Wrongs</strong>