Ministry overview | |
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Jurisdiction | Mauritius |
Headquarters | Newton Tower, Sir William Newton Street, Port Louis, Mauritius |
Minister responsible | |
Parent department | Government of Mauritius |
Website | gender.govmu.org |
The Ministry of Gender Equality, Child Development and Family Welfare is a cabinet-level division of the Government of Mauritius. As of February 2021 [update], the Minister of Gender Equality and Family Welfare is Kalpana Devi Koonjoo-Shah. [1]
The department has been known under several different names, including:
In 1991, Sheilabai Bappoo began serving as Minister for Women's Rights, Child Development and Family Welfare. She left the ministry in 1995. [2]
From September 2000 until July 2005, Marie Arianne Navarre-Marie served as Minister of Women’s Rights, Child Development & Family Welfare. [3]
The position was held by Bappoo as the Minister of Gender Equality, Child Development and Family Welfare from May 2010 until August 2011, [2] when she was succeeded by Maria Francesca Mireille Martin until December 2014. [4] Marie Aurore Marie-Joyce Perraud then served as minister until December 2016. [5]
The position was held by Fazila Jeewa-Daureeawoo from January 2017 until November that same year. [6] She was succeeded by lawyer Roubina Jadoo-Jaunbocus, [7] however, she was removed from the position in July 2018 after an inquiry accused her of meeting with jailed drug traffickers who were not her clients. Jeewa-Daureeawoo took up the position again, [8] and remained Minister until November 2019. [6]
In November 2019, Kalpana Devi Koonjoo-Shah was appointed Minister of Gender Equality and Family Welfare. [9]
Name | Term began | Term ended |
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Sheilabai Bappoo | 1991 | 1995 |
Marie Arianne Navarre-Marie | September 2000 | July 2005 |
Sheilabai Bappoo | May 2010 | August 2011 |
Maria Francesca Mireille Martin | August 2011 | December 2014 |
Marie Aurore Marie-Joyce Perraud | December 2014 | December 2016 |
Fazila Jeewa-Daureeawoo | January 2017 | November 2017 |
Roubina Jadoo-Jaunbocus | November 2017 | July 2018 |
Fazila Jeewa-Daureeawoo | July 2018 | November 2019 |
Kalpana Devi Koonjoo-Shah | November 2019 | Incumbent |