The Gender Policy is developed as an integral part of the national development objectives to enhance the overall government strategy of growth through poverty eradication. Gender being a crosscutting issue, the policy is developed along six thematic areas embracing the government’s priority development concerns.
It specifically covers the priority gender issues that must be mainstreamed in development policies and programmes. This is to address the existing gender imbalances and ensure sustained and sustainable socio-economic development. The themes covered under the policy are :

• Gender and Education
• Gender and Health
• Gender and Sustainable Livelihoods Development
• Gender and Good Governance
• Gender and Human Rights
• Poverty Reduction and Economic Empowerment