Commitments

The Kyrgyz Republic commits to invest resources towards reducing gender-based violence against girls and women and eradicating harmful practices such as early marriages and bride kidnapping. Every effort will be made to improve essential services for survivors of gender-based violence through coordination of key state and civil society institutions.
The Kyrgyz Republic will make every effort to comply with laws so that marriages are concluded only with the free and full consent of future spouses in compliance with a law on the minimum age of marriage.

We also commit to prioritize improving the legislation and the response of the state and society to violence against women and girls, continue to nationalize SDG 5 and optimize the collection of statistical data, use more gender-sensitive/disaggregated data in developing policies and implementing programs and projects.
It is necessary to strengthen measures to engage local communities, youths and men, religious leaders, activists in the elimination of gender stereotypes and negative practices, acting under the guise of national traditions.

The Government of the Kyrgyz Republic is committed to increase public funding for purchasing contraceptives at least for one million soms annually, to meet the needs of 50% of women in the high medical and social risks of maternal mortality by 2023, and to expand the access of contraceptives to insured women through the Additional Drug Benefits Package of the Mandatory Health Insurance Fund.

The Government of the Kyrgyz Republic is committed to increase the use of contraceptives by women of reproductive age to 30% by the end of 2020 and improve the quality of family planning services through the implementation of clinical protocols for family planning. The Government of the Kyrgyz Republic is also committed to revise the curriculum for family planning with a focus on counseling and practical skills on long-acting methods of contraception and raise awareness among the population on family planning through communication activities.

The Government of the Kyrgyz Republic is committed to develop a program to protect the health of women, newborns, children and adolescents for 2019-2030 with a costed plan of action and budget, to eliminate barriers in the registration of modern methods of contraceptives and to increase the number and variety of contraceptives available in the market of the Kyrgyz Republic by 2023.

Use of Population Data for the 9th National Social Economic Development Plan: Lao DPR commits to use the Lao 2030 study on population dynamics to ensure responsiveness to the emerging needs of the population.

Lao PDR commits to end Maternal Mortality Rate by 2030:
1. Through quality of care and the Reproductive, Maternal, Newborn, Child and Adolescent Health Strategies and policies and ensure provision of health services based on availability, affordability and high quality services.
2. Accelerate the health sector reform in particular the development of human resources in terms of quantity and competencies. Improve the governance and the comprehensive health information system in line with the health financing which aiming to achieve the universal health coverage, in order to eradicate poverty.
3. As included in the RMNCAH Strategy, increase proportion of pregnant women delivering with trained Skilled Birth Attendance to 90% by 2025; increase delivery in health facilities to 70% by 2025; increase modern Contraceptive Prevalence Rate to 70% by 2025; and that all health centres should have at least one midwife by 2025.

End unmet need for family planning among adolescent girls by 2030: Government commits to allocation of increased resources and expand quality youth friendly services including SRH information and Family planning services women, men and unmarried young people country wide as well as in humanitarian response. Aim to increase modern Contraceptive Prevalence Rate for young people aged 15-19 years to 45% by 2025 (RMNCAH Strategy).

LaoPDR commits to fully integrate comprehensive sexuality education d in school curricula nationwide through age-appropriate curriculum based teaching and learning in primary, secondary and technical and vocational education and training institutions.

LaoPDR commits to end GBV and harmful practices, focusing on early marriage among adolescents through the revised National Action Plan for Prevention and Elimination of VAW 2021-2025 and its implementation through the Essential Service package for women and girls subjected to GBV.

Increase investments for adolescents and youth, especially young women: though “Noi framework” and “Noi ecosystem” and adjusting investments in order to reap the potential benefits of demographic dividend and continue to collect, analysis and use age, sex disaggregated data for planning, monitoring national, sector and international development agenda and plan that ensuring that no one is left behind, thus considering needs of the most vulnerable, including, migrants, those with disabilities and the aged.

Government of LaoPDR commits to finalize and implement the National Youth and Adolescent Policy and Youth Law with appropriate legal and innovative policy provisions for improving health, education, employment, social protection and participation of adolescents and young people.

By 2030, re-activate/revise/endorse/launch the multi-sectoral youth card that allows young people to benefit/receive discounts from a wide range of services, i.e. health, employment, housing, cultural, recreational, etc.

By 2030, a national action plan of the National Youth Policy – with due attention to youth, peace and security – is developed, endorsed, and operationalized with a coordination mechanism including a National Youth Council empowered to advise the Cabinet on the development and implementations of programmes, and to integrate young people in all sectors in order to contribute effectively

By 2030, at least two laws are revised/adopted/operationalized to reinforce youth participation in decision making both at national and local levels (i.e. Youth Quota law, amending the clause related to the right for voting to 18 years of age instead of 21, law to ensure youth participation among CSO’s boards/age for establishing NGOs, etc.)

By 2030, ensure (through policies, programme reforms and system) that the Reproductive and Sexual Rights Based framework to services and information is adopted around relevant structures, systems, approaches, tools, norms, etc

By 2030, ensure people with all types of diversity (people with disability, LGBTI, older people, orphans, refugees, marginalized, etc.) access and receive Sexual and Reproductive Health services and information in a safe and ethical environment

By 2030, reduce the incidence of cervical cancer to at least 4;100,000 through a population based approach including an integrated and intensive vaccination, screening, treatment and outreach package in close collaboration between the private and public sectors

By 2030, ensure that at least 95% of all community, social and public health outlets offer a Primary Health Care package inclusive of Sexual and Reproductive Health services

By 2030, a participatory approach will be adopted to develop and ensure a legislative infrastructure for protecting and empowering women, through adopting at least 2 laws and amending decrees (i.e. amending several clauses in the labor law to ensure equal par for women and men; amending clauses in the social security law; and amending the nationality law to provide women the right in passing her nationality to her children)

By 2030, data systems and institutional capacities are strengthened to produce and analyze national and administrative data (i.e. Prevalence survey on violence against women, etc.) for informing policies, tailoring programmes and monitoring progress.

By 2030, a national multi-sectoral participatory coordination, monitoring and reporting mechanism on gender-based violence/violence against women and girls is established and fully operationalized

By 2030, a national action plan to prevent child marriage is developed, validated and operationalized

By 2030, at least five universities have fully integrated and mainstreamed a module/course/syllabus on gender equality including gender-based violence

By 2030, at least 75% of all health and social service providers are trained on dealing, managing, treating, sensitizing and referring cases of GBV including - prevention of child marriage nationwide