Ministry of Women, Children and Senior Citizens explained

Agency Name:	Ministry of Women, Children and Senior Citizens
Nativename:	महिला, बालबालिका तथा जेष्ठ नागरिक मन्त्रालय
Seal:	File:Emblem of Nepal (alternative).svg
Jurisdiction:	Government of Nepal
Headquarters:	Singha Durbar, Kathmandu, Nepal
Minister1 Name:	Nawal Kishor Sah, Minister for Women, Children and Senior Citizens

The Ministry of Women, Children and Senior Citizens (Nepali: महिला, बालबालिका तथा जेष्ठ नागरिक मन्त्रालय) is a governmental body of Nepal. Its mission is to empower women, children and senior citizens, especially those who are economically disadvantaged, socially deprived or otherwise under-served.^[1]

Organisational structure

The Ministry of Women, Children and Senior Citizens have several departments, and subdivisions to facilitate and implement its work:^[2]

• The Department of Women and Children
• The Central Child Welfare Board
• The Social Welfare Council

Ministers

This is a list of former Ministers of The Ministry of Women, Children and Senior Citizens (or its equivalent) since the Nepalese Constituent Assembly election in 2013:

	Name	Party	Assumed office	Left office	Portfolio
1	Nilam K.C.^[3]		25 February 2014	12 October 2015	Minister for Women, Children and Social Affairs
2	Chandra Prakash Mainali^[4]		5 November 2015		Minister for Women and Children
3	Kumar Khadka^[5]		19 January 2017		Minister for Women, Children and Social Welfare Development
4	Asha Koirala^[6]		26 July 2017	17 October 2017
5			17 October 2017	15 February 2018
6	Tham Maya Thapa^[7]	Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist–Leninist) (until 17 May 2018) Nepal Communist Party (from 17 May 2018)	15 February 2018		Minister for Women, Children and Social Welfare (from 15 February 2018 to 23 February 2018) Minister of Labour, Employment, Women, Children and Social Security (from 23 February 2018 to 17 March 2018) Minister for Women, Children and Senior Citizen^[8] (from 17 March 2018)
7	Parbat Gurung^[9]		21 November 2019		Minister for Women, Children and Senior Citizen
8			14 October 2020	25 December 2020
9	Julie Kumari Mahato		25 December 2020	4 June 2021
10	Chanda Chaudhary		4 June 2021	22 June 2021
11	Uma Regmi		8 October 2021	26 December 2022
12	Bhagwati Chaudhary		17 January 2023	27 February 2023
13	Surendra Raj Acharya		7 May 2023

Notes and References

1. Web site: MOWCSC. www.mowcsc.gov.np. 2019-09-06. 2019-08-27. https://web.archive.org/web/20190827191450/http://www.mowcsc.gov.np/. live.
2. Web site: Organizations under Ministry . Ministry of Women, Children and Senior Citizen . 1 April 2019 . 31 March 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190331055614/http://www.mowcsc.gov.np/organizations-under-ministry . live .
3. Web site: PM expands Cabinet; 3 ministers sworn in . The Kathmandu Post . 1 April 2019 . 7 April 2014 . 4 April 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190404130039/http://kathmandupost.ekantipur.com/news/2014-04-07/pm-expands-cabinet-3-ministers-sworn-in.html . live .
4. Web site: 3 more DPMs, 4 ministers sworn-in; total Cabinet strength is 26 . 1 April 2019 . 5 November 2015 . 29 October 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20171029065138/https://thehimalayantimes.com/kathmandu/new-ministers-sworn-in/ . live .
5. Web site: Cabinet expansion: Singh, Khadka sworn in as ministers. The Himalayan Times. 11 November 2017. 12 November 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20171112075409/https://thehimalayantimes.com/kathmandu/cabinet-expansion-kumar-khadka-prem-bahadur-singh-sworn-in-as-ministers/. live.
6. Web site: Who are three female ministers in cabinet? . República . 1 April 2019 . 26 July 2017 . 4 April 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190404190019/https://myrepublica.nagariknetwork.com/news/24520/ . live .
7. Web site: PM Oli assumes Office. The Himalayan Times. 1 April 2019. 4 April 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190404190016/https://thehimalayantimes.com/kathmandu/prime-minister-kp-sharma-oli-assumes-office/. live.
8. Web site: Ministries split to create posts. The Kathmandu Post. 1 May 2018. 17 March 2018. 30 May 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180530035652/http://kathmandupost.ekantipur.com/news/2018-03-17/ministries-split-to-create-posts.html. live.
9. Web site: Newly appointed ministers take oath . The Himalayan Times . 26 May 2020 . 21 November 2019 . 11 November 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20201111183837/https://thehimalayantimes.com/kathmandu/newly-appointed-ministers-take-oath/ . live .