The Ministry of Social Affairs and Gender Equality (Ministerio de Asuntos Sociales e Igualdad de Género, MINASIG) is a government ministry in Equatorial Guinea.
History 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). The ministry received its current name in 2013.
Ministers Dates in office Minister Ministerial title 1994-1996 Balbina Nchama Nvo Minister of Social Affairs and Women. 1996-1999 Margarita Alene Mba Minister of Social and Women's Affairs (1996–1998); Minister of Social Affaits and Women's Development (1998–1999). 1999-2006 Teresa Efua Asangono Minister of Social Affairs and Women's Development (1999–2001); Women's Promotion and Social Affairs (2001–2006). 2006-2012 Eulalia Nvo Bela Minister of Social and Women's Affairs. 2012-2013 Maria Leonor Epan Biribe Minister of Social and Women's Affairs. 2013-2018 Mari Carmen Ecoro Minister of Social Affairs and Gender Equality. 2018- Maria Consuelo Nguema Oyana Minister of Social Affairs and Gender Equality.
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