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The head of the ministry is the Minister of Women and Children's Affairs and Minister for Gender, Children and Social Protection. The first head of the ministry when it was created in 2001 was Gladys Asmah and first head of the ministry when it was renamed MGCSP in February 2013 is Nana Oye Lithur.
A ministry of women or women's affairs exists in several countries under various names, often headed by a minister for women (or equivalent): Ministry of Women's Affairs (Afghanistan) Ministry of Women, Genders and Diversity (Argentina)
Ministry of Youth and Sports (Malaysia) Ministry of Gender Equality, Child Development and Family Welfare; Ministry of Demographics, Family, Youth and Social Policy; Ministry of Gender Equality and Family; Ministry of Labour (Austria) Ministry of Women and Children's Affairs; Ministry of Women Empowerment and Child Protection
Ministry of Women and Family), formerly the Ministry of Gender Equality (여성부, 女性部, lit. ' Ministry of Women '), is a cabinet-level division of the government of South Korea. It was created on February 28, 1998, as the Presidential Commission on Women's Affairs. The current ministry was formed on March 19, 2010.
The Ministry of Gender Equality and Social Welfare is a department of the Namibian government. It was established in 2000 under the name Ministry of Women Affairs and Child Welfare, before that the portfolio was a directorate in the Office of the President. The first minister was Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah. [1]
The broad mandate of Ministry is to have holistic development of Women and Children. As a nodal Ministry for the advancement of women and children, the Ministry formulates plans, policies and programmes; enacts/ amends legislation, guides and coordinates the efforts of both governmental and non-governmental organisations working in the field of Women and Child Development.
On 10 May 2009, announcing his first-term cabinet, newly elected President Jacob Zuma announced the establishment of the Ministry of Women, Youth, Children and People with Disabilities. Its formation was the result of a policy resolution by delegates to the 52nd National Conference of the governing party, the African National Congress . [ 2 ]
It became the Department of Women's Affairs in 1983, and was kept as the Department of Women's Affairs in the February 1985 Executive Council. In 1987 it was detached from the government, as the MPR Executive Secretariat with responsibility for gender. [1] In 1990 a Ministry for Gender was established. In 1992, it became the General Secretariat ...