Ministry of Social Affairs and Gender Equality

The Ministry of Social Affairs and Gender Equality (Ministerio de Asuntos Sociales e Igualdad de Género, MINASIG) is a government ministry in Equatorial Guinea.

Ministry of Social Affairs and Gender Equality
Ministerio de Asuntos Sociales e Igualdad de Género
Agency overview
Formed1992
JurisdictionEquatorial Guinea
Minister responsible
Parent agency
Government of Equatorial Guinea

History

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A Secretariat of State for the Advancement of Women was created in 1980 as a ministerial office attached to the Ministry of Labor. In 1992 this became a fully-fledged ministry, the Ministry for the Advancement of Women and Social Affairs, later called the Ministry of Social Affairs and the Status of Women (MINASCOM).[1] The ministry received its current name in 2013.[2]

Ministers

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Dates in officeMinisterMinisterial title
1994-1996Balbina Nchama NvoMinister of Social Affairs and Women.[2]
1996-1999Margarita Alene MbaMinister of Social and Women's Affairs (1996–1998); Minister of Social Affaits and Women's Development (1998–1999).[2]
1999-2006Teresa Efua AsangonoMinister of Social Affairs and Women's Development (1999–2001); Women's Promotion and Social Affairs (2001–2006).[2]
2006-2012Eulalia Nvo BelaMinister of Social and Women's Affairs.[2]
2012-2013Maria Leonor Epan BiribeMinister of Social and Women's Affairs.[2]
2013-2018Mari Carmen EcoroMinister of Social Affairs and Gender Equality.[2]
2018-Maria Consuelo Nguema OyanaMinister of Social Affairs and Gender Equality.[2]

References

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  1. Ayekaba, Mitoha Ondo’o (2009). "The Politics of Gender Parity in Equatorial Guinea: Toward a more Sustained Political and Social Civility in the Twenty First Century" (PDF). p. 3. Retrieved October 13, 2024.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Sá, Ana Lúcia; Sanches, Edalina Rodrigues (2021). "Equatorial Guinea's Cabinet Dataset (1994-2020)". Harvard Dataverse. doi:10.7910/DVN/YQXJGK.