Ministry of Gender Equality, Child Development and Family Welfare explained

Agency Name:	Ministry of Gender Equality, Child Development and Family Welfare
Type:	Ministry
Jurisdiction:	Mauritius
Headquarters:	Newton Tower, Sir William Newton Street, Port Louis, Mauritius
Minister1 Name:	Kalpana Devi Koonjoo-Shah
Parent Department:	Government of Mauritius

The Ministry of Gender Equality, Child Development and Family Welfare is a cabinet-level division of the Government of Mauritius., the Minister of Gender Equality and Family Welfare is Kalpana Devi Koonjoo-Shah.

Name

The department has been known under several different names, including:

• Ministry of Gender Equality and Family Welfare^[1]
• Ministry of Women's Rights, Child Development and Family Welfare^[2]

Ministers

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]

List of ministers

Name	Term began	Term ended
	1991	1995
	September 2000	July 2005
Sheilabai Bappoo	May 2010	August 2011
	August 2011	December 2014
	December 2014	December 2016
	January 2017	November 2017
	November 2017	July 2018
Fazila Jeewa-Daureeawoo	July 2018	November 2019
	November 2019	Incumbent

Notes and References

1. Web site: The Minister . Ministry of Gender Equality and Family Welfare . 21 February 2021.
2. Web site: Bio-data of Honourable Sheilabai BAPPOO, GOSK, MP . National Assembly of Mauritius . 21 February 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190506082017/https://mauritiusassembly.govmu.org/English/hmembers/Pages/Bappoo-(Mrs)-Sheilabai,-GOSK.aspx . 6 May 2019.
3. Web site: Hon. Marie Arianne NAVARRE-MARIE . Mauritius National Assembly . 21 February 2021.
4. Web site: Honourable Mrs Maria Francesca Mireille Martin . Mauritius National Assembly . 21 February 2021.
5. Web site: Bio-data of Honourable Mrs Marie Aurore Marie-Joyce PERRAUD, MP . Mauritius National Assembly . 21 February 2021.
6. Web site: The Minister . Ministry of Social Security and National Solidarity . 21 February 2021 . 28 November 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20201128173434/https://socialsecurity.govmu.org/Pages/The-Minister.aspx . live .
7. News: Cabinet reshuffle : Roubina Jadoo-Jaunbocus minister, Fazila Jeewa-Daureeawoo Vice Prime Minister . 21 February 2021 . Le Défi Plus . 17 November 2017 . 27 November 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20191127183622/https://www.defimedia.info/cabinet-reshuffle-roubina-jadoo-jaunbocus-minister-fazila-jeewa-daureeawoo-vice-prime-minister . live .
8. News: Mauritius minister resigns after commission of inquiry on drugs . 21 February 2021 . Africanews . 28 July 2018 . en . 22 October 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20201022030024/https://www.africanews.com/2018/07/28/mauritius-minister-resigns-after-commission-of-inquiry-on-drugs/ . live .
9. Web site: Bio-data of Honourable Kalpana Devi Koonjoo-Shah, MP . Mauritius National Assembly . 21 February 2021.