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Document that sets out<br />
goals and strategy<br />
Key policy,<br />
law, or<br />
directive<br />
<strong>Policy</strong> objective<br />
Relation to other sectors and<br />
national strategy<br />
Lead<br />
implementing<br />
agency<br />
Monitoring & Evaluation<br />
Framework for the<br />
Vanuatu <strong>Child</strong>ren’s <strong>Policy</strong><br />
(2008)<br />
Vanuatu<br />
National<br />
<strong>Child</strong>ren’s<br />
<strong>Policy</strong> 2007–<br />
2011<br />
Protection of children’s rights<br />
expanded by increasing<br />
participation in international<br />
documents and formulating<br />
domestic legislation, policies and<br />
administrative rules to ensure<br />
the survival and protection<br />
of children in the national<br />
development process<br />
Connected to Family<br />
Protection Act and CRC and<br />
CEDAW ratification<br />
National<br />
<strong>Child</strong>ren’s<br />
Coordination<br />
Committee,<br />
Government of<br />
Vanuatu<br />
Specific indicators include:<br />
• Appropriate amendments<br />
made to domestic legislation<br />
• Development of legal services<br />
necessary to protect the best<br />
interests of children<br />
• Key legislation reviewed (CRC)<br />
• Community CRC awareness<br />
programmes<br />
• Number of cases of abuse,<br />
neglect, in contact with the law<br />
reduced<br />
Ratification of the<br />
Convention on the<br />
Elimination of All Forms<br />
of Discrimination Against<br />
Women (1995)<br />
Family<br />
Protection Act<br />
2008<br />
CEDAW<br />
Legislative<br />
Compliance<br />
Review<br />
Linked to a number of policy<br />
areas:<br />
• Education<br />
• <strong>Social</strong> protection<br />
• Health services<br />
Ministry of<br />
Women’s<br />
Affairs<br />
• <strong>Child</strong> protection (basic<br />
human rights)<br />
Ratification of the<br />
Convention on the Rights<br />
of the <strong>Child</strong> 1992<br />
Family<br />
Protection Act<br />
2008<br />
Linked to:<br />
• Health<br />
Ministry of<br />
Women’s<br />
Affairs<br />
Vanuatu<br />
National<br />
<strong>Child</strong>ren’s<br />
<strong>Policy</strong> 2007–<br />
2011<br />
• Education<br />
• <strong>Social</strong> protection<br />
Ministry of<br />
Justice and<br />
<strong>Social</strong> Welfare<br />
<strong>Social</strong> protection<br />
Country Programme<br />
Action Plan 2008–2012<br />
Planning Long, Acting<br />
Short<br />
While there is no strategy to<br />
provide direct income support<br />
to households, the broader<br />
economic strategy includes<br />
goals for equitable economic<br />
growth and equitable social and<br />
protection services<br />
MDG capital investment in<br />
roads, communications and<br />
electrification aimed at increasing<br />
household capacities<br />
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