Ministry of Women and Vulnerable Populations


The Ministry of Women and Vulnerable Populations of Peru is the government ministry in charge of national policy regarding women and vulnerable populations. Its headquarters are located in Lima, Peru.
It is the only ministry in the country's government whose office is exclusive to women., the minister is.
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History

The ministry was created on October 29, 1996 and was originally named Ministry of the Promotion of Women and of Human Development. Its creation was announced by then-president Alberto Fujimori in Cologne during the 1996 Latin American Week and the German Conference on the Latin American Economy. In 2002 it was renamed as Ministry of Women and Social Development.
Subsequently, on July 11, 2002, Organic Law 27779 amended the organization of the Council of Ministers of Peru, which renamed it the Ministry of Women and Social Development. However, the Latin American Committee for the Defence of Women's Rights had criticised the possible restructuring of the body. In 2012, it received its current name.
In 2004, the Order of Merit for Women was established through Supreme Decree 005-2003-MIMDES.
In 2024, proposals to restructure the ministry to that of "Family and Vulnerable Populations" were introduced.

Organisation

  • General Secretariat
  • Vice Ministry of Women
  • *Directorate-General of Gender Equality and Non-Discrimination
  • *Directorate-General of Gender Mainstreaming
  • *Directorate-General against Gender Violence
  • Vice Ministry of Vulnerable Populations
  • *Directorate-General of Population, Development, and Volunteering
  • *Directorate-General of Family and Community
  • *Directorate-General of Children and Adolescents
  • *Directorate-General of Adoptions
Entities administered by the ministry include: