National Strategic Plan for the advancement of Women (2013-2022).

This National Strategic Plan for the Advancement of Women (2013-2022) is a cross-sectoral policy document. The Objectives are: All women in Myanmar are empowered and able to fully enjoy their rights with the support of the Government of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar. Enabling systems, structures and practices are created for the advancement of women, gender equality, and the realization of women’s rights.
The Policy promotes to help eliminate hunger, food insecurity. The proposed activities include: to raise awareness and to implement community-based initiatives related to the economic capacity building of women in urban and rural areas; analysis of the current situation of women’s equal inclusion in land and agrarian reform.
The key objective under the strategic direction of the Women and the Environment is to strengthen systems, structures and practices to ensure women’s meaningful participation in the management and safeguarding of natural resources, the environment and in adapting to climate change. Activities proposed include: Practical initiatives supported by designated focal Ministries that focus on capacity building, training, providing access to suitable technology and information; Programmes to ensure that women become competent in technologies related to natural resource management, environmental conservation, and adaption and response to climate change; to provide training and raise awareness on community-based natural resource management, environmental conservation, and adaptation and response to climate change, where equal numbers of women and men are included.
The Policy seeks to reduce rural poverty. The key objective under the strategic direction of Women and Livelihoods is to develop enabling systems, structures and practices that improve women’s livelihoods and reduce poverty. Proposed activities include: Practical initiatives supported by designated focal Ministries that focus on social protection mechanisms for women, new livelihoods programmes for women living in poverty, and equal treatment in land and agrarian reforms; Establish information centres where women, including women with disabilities, can have access to finding work and information; etc. The key objective under the strategic direction of Women and the Economy is to strengthen systems, structures and practices to ensure fairness and equal rights for women in relation to employment, credit, resources, assets and economic benefits. Activities proposed include: Development of women’s access to employment, credit, resources, assets and economic benefits; Research and surveys on the economic opportunities and needs of women with disabilities and their participation in the economy, assessment of the situation of female migrant workers, disparities in wages between women and men, women’s participation in region-specific, marketable income-generating activities. Other activities include: Development of the living standards of women in urban and rural areas including adequate living conditions, sanitation, electricity and water supply; etc.
The Policy seeks to increase the resilience of livelihoods to disasters. The key objective under the strategic direction of Women and Emergencies is: to strengthen systems, structures and practices to ensure women’s right to protection in emergencies, and to ensure their participation in emergency preparedness, response, and disaster and conflict risk reduction. The proposed activities under the strategic direction of the Women and the Environment include: reach on the impact of climate and environmental changes on women; Integration of the importance of gender issues in designated focal Ministries on the management of natural resources, environmental conservation, and adaptation and responding to climate change.