iii.
iv.
v.
vi.
vii.
viii.
ix.
The National Strategic Framework for HIV/AIDS Response
2010/11- 2015/16 to strengthen the capacity and
management of HIV and AIDS response at community level;
Allocation of an amount of N$ 7, 6 million (US$ 800, 000) to
fight HIV and AIDS and Prevention from 2005 to 2012;
The various programmes initiated under the Fourth
National Development Plan (2013-2017) to progressively
enhance access to health care through the provision of
relevant and affordable preventative, curative and
rehabilitative services to all Namibians;
The programme to build dry toilets in rural areas
throughout the country;
Reduction of malaria mortality rate from 7000 in 1990 to 10
in 2013 under the Fourth National Development Plan (2013 –
2017);
The various measures put in place to bring access to safe
drinking water to the doorsteps of every Namibian and in
particular, the provision of free water for human
consumption to poor households;
Meeting the MDG drinking water target;
Right to Education
x.
xi.
xii.
xiii.
xiv.
xv.
The various policies and programmes adopted in the field of
education;
The achievement of gender parity in 2012 in both primary and
secondary education levels;
The implementation of Universal Primary Education in 2013;
The Prevention and Management of Learner Pregnancy which
is aimed at promoting the continued education of pregnant
learners and to ensure the equal treatment of the female and
male learners under the “Education for All (EFA)” National
Plan of Action of 2001-2015;
The construction of the first vision school;
The award of the UNESCO Confucius Prize for Literacy 2013 to
the Namibia National Literacy Programme;
Right to Employment
xvi.
The promulgation and coming into force of Regulations
relating to domestic workers which set the minimum wage and
supplementary minimum conditions of employment for
domestic workers as well as criminalising the employment of
children under the age of 18 as domestic workers, pursuant to
the Labour Act of 2007;
Right to Culture
xvii.
The organisation of annual cultural festivals to promote
Namibia’s diverse cultures through mutual understanding and
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