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Predecessors of the current ministry include the Ministry of Culture and the Ministry of Sports, Youth and Culture; the youth remit from the latter title is now under the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information. The ministry includes the following agencies: [2] Jamaica Cultural Development Commission; Women's Centre of Jamaica Foundation
The ministries of Jamaica are created at the discretion of the prime minister of Jamaica to carry out the functions of government. As of 2016, the prime minister is Andrew Holness . The agencies of Jamaica are created by both parliamentary law and assigned to ministers to oversee.
Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries (Jamaica) Ministry of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport; Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade (Jamaica) Ministry of Labour and Social Security (Jamaica) Ministry of National Security (Jamaica)
Sen, the Hon. Leslie Campbell - Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade; Hon. Marsha Smith - Ministry of Finance and the Public Service; Hon, Dr. Norman Dunn - Ministry of Industry, Investment and Commerce; Hon. Robert Morgan - Ministry of Education, Youth and Information; Hon. Zavia Mayne - Ministry of Labour and Social Security
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)
The ministry's role makes it advocate for better treatment for women and children. Issues of concern that come to the fore are handled by the ministry. One of such issues was the 2011 when the ministry announced it would in collaboration with the Ghana Department of Social Welfare undertake a re-registration of orphanages in the country
Olivia Atavia "Babsy" Grange [1] OJ, CD, DSE [2] (born 27 April 1946) is a Jamaican politician. She has served as Member of Parliament for Saint Catherine Central since 1997 and as Jamaica's Minister of Sports, Youth and Culture for the duration of the Jamaica Labour Party government from 2007 to 2011 and Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport since 2016.
Within the Cabinet, Johnson Smith chairs the International Relations Sub-Committee and is a member of the Economic Growth and Job Creation Sub-Committee and Jamaica's National Security Council. [4] In addition to her portfolio responsibilities, Johnson Smith has a keen interest in governance, education, youth and gender affairs.