In responding to its oversight mandate over the Department of Women, Children and Persons with Disabilities and the Commission for Gender Equality, and in focusing on issues relating to children, youth and persons with disabilities, the Committee devised a business plan for the current parliamentary term. The thematic approach taken was to engage with issues relating to its target groups in an integrated manner. The themes are as follows: violence and socially vulnerable groups; survival and development (Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) 3 and 4); education and skills development; poverty and economic empowerment and lastly a review of the Ministry for Women, Children and Persons with Disabilities, Government Machineries and Government Programme of Action for Women, Children and Persons with Disabilities.