 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 18

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