Mainstreaming

• Incorporate women''s concern and issues in the national and sectoral development policies and protect women''s right and authority through the enactment of necessary laws as per the need.
• Strengthen the institution capacity of Ministry of Women, Children and Social Welfare provide support to the existing women development cells in the sectoral ministries and help establish such cells in other relevant ministries.
• Increase the participation of women in the design of development policy and programmes in all levels.

Gender Equality

• Institutionalise gender sensitisation programme for the policy makers, planners and implementers from grass root to national level.
• Undertake measures to remove structural obstacles that hinder women''s participation in national development, reduce gender disparity and improve /reform legal and administrative policy if necessary.

Empowerment

• Assure women''s empowerment by enhancing the role of women in the policy formulation and decision - making at the national and sectoral levels.
• Undertake necessary administrative measures to institutionalise the women empowerment process.
• Protect women''s reproductive right .
• Assure women of their rights access and control over productive resources.
• Increase the access of women in the information, education and communication designed to reduce the workload of women and increasing their productivity.
• Promote the formal and non-formal education and make the formal education compulsory for increasing the literacy of women.
• Assure the access of women on institution al and alternative credit facilities for increasing the paid and self-employment opportunities.
• Help include women''s household labour as a productive activity giving due weights in the national accounts.

Senior citizens

• To make senior citizen capable enough and more respectable family based social security system will be developed. The family who is looking after the senior citizens will be provided facilities in public services.
• Senior citizens will be categorized according to economic status for monthly allowances.
• Geriatric wards will be established in all zonal Hospitals where senior citizens will be provided concessional heath care facility and efforts will be made for concessional in various Nursing Homes and private clinics. Mobile camps will be conducted for senior citizens.
• Old Age Homes will be established in all five development regions and NGOs and Private institutions will be encouraged to run such old age homes.
• The experience of senior citizens will be utilized in nation building.
• The senior citizen will be provided concessional facilities in entertainment and transport etc.
• For policy purpose senior citizens will be categorized in two groups as
  • 65-75 age group are considered for participation in development programme,
  • 75 and above will be grouped for security

Disabilities

• Amend laws and Rules to ensure simple and prestigious living of the disabled people with proper rights and welfare.
• Promote people''s awareness on prevention and security through communication media. Change the attitude towards disabled people and establish rights and equal opportunities for them.
• Conduct disability prevention programs (safe-motherhood, nutrition, to stop or minimize road traffic accidents etc) of disabled people with special needs.
• Update statistics and information concerning disabilities.
• Implement programs for free education to disabled people up to bachelor degree and launched special education program of disabled people with special needs.
• Arrange for free medical health service.
• Conduct sport , entertainment and extra- curricular activities.
• Emphasis on family based and community based rehabilitation.
• Activate government and Non- government agencies for rehabilitation and employment.

Child Development

• Preventive, promotional and curative services influencing child health from pregnancy until adolescence will be expanded and improved.
• To protect child rights, legal criteria for child labouring will be effectively enforced.
• Self -dependent programmes for education, health, housing etc. training will be expended to gradually eradicate hard child labouring and bonded child labouring.
• Programmes on child welfare rights will be conducted on the basis of community-based approach.
• Appropriate early childhood development programmes for small children will be conducted.
• Primary education will be made practically compulsory during the plan period and the number of children going pre-primary school will be increased qualitatively.
• Media of communication will be effectively mobilized for the activities of child welfare which contributes the upliftment of children''s mental and intellectual capacities .
• Institutional arrangement will be made for co-ordination, monitoring and evaluation of the activities carried out by national and international non- governmental and other organization for the development of children rights and development.