National Plan of Action
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Mrs. Sara Nazarbaeva, First Lady of the Republic of Kazakhstan, addresses the plenary session of the Fourth World Conference on Women in Beijing, China on 12 September 1995. At left is Mr. Paulose T. Peter of the United Nations Office of Protocol.Credit: UN/DPI 120209/M. Grant.
last updated June 18, 2004

In 1997, the UNDP Gender in Development Bureau and the Council on Family, Women and Demographic Policy organized a national conference, Beijing: Two Years Later, which focused on implementing the Beijing Platform for Action. The main goal of the conference was to begin drafting the national action plan for women. In 1999, the President of Kazakhstan also established the National Commission on Family and Women's Affairs, a twenty-eight person body, to strengthen gender mainstreaming in programming and monitoring. The Commission has been active in several areas, including promoting legal reform and establishing crisis centers for victims of violence.

 

On 19 July 1999, the Kazakstani government adopted the National Action Plan on Improving the Status of Women. The Kazakh National Plan outlines the twelve areas of priority set forth in the

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Mrs. Gertrude Mongella, Secretary-General of the Fourth World Conference on Women, meets in her office on 12 September 1995 with Mrs. Sara Nazarbaeva, First Lady of the Republic of Kazakhstan at the Fourth World Conference on Women in Beijing, China.Credit: UN/DPI 120326/Zhang Yan Hui.
Beijing Platform for Action. In addition, the National Plan identifies gender indicators, including demographics, healthcare, education, labor and crime, to be used in program development. Kazakhstan has submitted a response (Russian) to the Secretary General's Questionnaire on Implementation of the Beijing Platform for Action. To prepare for a "Review of the implementation of the Beijing Platform for Action and the outcome documents of the twenty-third special session of the General Assembly" during its forty-ninth session, the U.N. Division for the Advancement of Women sent another questionnaire (PDF) to all governments requesting information on accomplishments and obstacles to implementing the Beijing Platform for Action. Responses were due by 30 April 2004. Kazakhstan has not yet submitted a response.