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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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