To increase per capita fish consumption from 8.12kg to 10kg;
To improve decent employment in fishing communities for youth, women and
men and to reduce the number of child labourers;
To promote applied research in fisheries and aquaculture and monitor the impact
of pollution and environmental changes including climate change; and
To develop capacity of the Government and local management institutions to
serve the industry.
Malawi Growth and Development Strategy – 2017 -2022
66.
The strategy identifies five Key Priority Areas (KPAs) which are Agriculture, Water
Development and Climate Change Management; Education and Skills Development;
Transport and ICT infrastructure; Energy, Industrial and Tourism Development and
Health and Population. Through these KPAs, the strategy has maintained a balance
between economic, social and environmental considerations.
67.
Cross-cutting areas have been mainstreamed into the KPAs and these include gender
balance; youth development; empowerment of persons with disabilities; management of
HIV and AIDS and nutrition; environmental management; disaster risk reduction and
resilience building; peace, security and good governance. By integrating these, the
strategy ensures that no one is left behind as the country implements this medium-term
development between 2017 - 2022.
National Action Plan on Persons with Albinism – 2018 – 2020
68.
The action plan provides a comprehensive blueprint for ending violence against persons
with albinism and ensuring that they equally enjoy their rights.
69.
Malawi has registered cases of attacks against persons with albinism over the past four
years. There has been a steady increase in gross human rights violations of persons with
albinism in form of abduction, killings and exhumation of their remains for body parts.
The Constitution explicitly guarantees the protection of persons with disabilities
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