Norway's strategic plan for 2011-13 is an updated and enhanced version of the 2006 Action Plan to implement UN Security Council Resolution 1325 on Women, Peace and Security. The main objective of the new plan is to strengthen the participation of women in peace and security efforts.

On 8 March 2007 State Secretary Anne Stenhammer, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, launched the Norwegian Government's new Action Plan for Women's Rights and Gender Equality in Development Cooperation.

The Government (2005-2009) has developed a Norwegian action plan to implement UN Security Council Resolution 1325 on Women, Peace and Security. The plan was developed by the Ministries of Foreign Affairs, Defence, Justice and the Police, and Children and Equality. The implementation of Security Council Resolution 1325 is in keeping with Norway’s commitment to promoting global security, peace and justice, as set out in the Government’s policy platform.

Norway intends to support both Norwegian and international NGOs, focusing particularly on and promoting the participation of women in the management of natural resources. The plan also states that “key principles are that developing countries must own their development agenda, and that our contributions must be rights-based and emphasise women’s rights and their importance for development." 

The strategy covers the period 2006-2015, and will be reviewed and, if necessary, revised in 2010. It is states that "promoting girls’ right to take part in sport on an equal footing with boys, for instance, is controversial in many communities."

The action plan is a contribution in the efforts to promote the fundamental human rights and health of girls and women, and is a follow-up to the Norwegian Government’s Action Plan for Combating Poverty in the South, which was launched in March 2002.