The Ministry of Gender Equality and Family Welfare is a cabinet-level division of the Government of Mauritius. , the minister responsible is Arianne Navarre-Marie.
Name The department has been known under several different names, including: Ministry of Gender Equality and Family Welfare Ministry of Women's Rights, Child Development and Family Welfare
Ministers
In 1991, Sheilabai Bappoo began serving as Minister for Women's Rights, Child Development and Family Welfare. She left the ministry in 1995.
From September 2000 until July 2005, Marie Arianne Navarre-Marie served as Minister of Women’s Rights, Child Development & Family Welfare.
The position was held by Bappoo as the Minister of Gender Equality, Child Development and Family Welfare from May 2010 until August 2011, when she was succeeded by Maria Francesca Mireille Martin until December 2014. Marie Aurore Marie-Joyce Perraud then served as minister until December 2016.
The position was held by Fazila Jeewa-Daureeawoo from January 2017 until November that same year. She was succeeded by lawyer Roubina Jadoo-Jaunbocus, 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, and remained Minister until November 2019.
From November 2019 to October 2024, Kalpana Devi Koonjoo-Shah was appointed Minister of Gender Equality and Family Welfare.
In November 2024, Marie Arianne Navarre-Marie was appointed Minister of Gender Equality and Family Welfare.
List of ministers Minister Term of office Portfolio title Party Prime minister Radha Poonoosamy 1975 1976 PTr S. Ramgoolam Shirin Aumeeruddy-Cziffra 1982 1983 MMM A. Jugnauth Sheila Bappoo 1983 1991 MSM 1991 1995 Indira Thacoor-Sidaya 1995 2000 PTr N. Ramgoolam Arianne Navarre-Marie 2000 2005 MMM A. Jugnauth Bérenger Indranee Seebun 2005 2008 PTr N. Ramgoolam 2008 2010 Sheila Bappoo 2010 2011 PTr Mireille Martin 2011 2014 PTr Aurore Perraud 2014 2016 PMSD A. Jugnauth Fazila Jeewa-Daureeawoo 2016 2017 MSM P. Jugnauth Roubina Jadoo-Jaunbocus 2017 2018 MSM Fazila Jeewa-Daureeawoo 2018 2019 MSM Kalpana Koonjoo-Shah 2019 2024 MSM Arianne Navarre-Marie 2024 Incumbent MMM N. Ramgoolam
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