| Minister for Women | |
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| Department of Communities and Justice | |
| Style | The Honourable |
| Appointer | Governor of New South Wales |
| Inaugural holder | Kerry Chikarovski (as Minister for the Status of Women) |
| Formation | 26 May 1993 |
The Minister for Women is a minister in the Government of New South Wales with responsibility for women's issues in New South Wales, Australia.
There had been a Women’s Co-ordination Unit and a Women’s Advisory Council since at least 1977 for which the Premier and later the Minister for Families and Communities had been responsible. In 1993 in the third Fahey ministry these functions were brought together in a portfolio aimed at changing the portrayal of women, improving their status at home, at work and in the community, and reducing violence against women. From the first Carr ministry it was renamed Minister for Women.[1] A separate portfolio of Prevention of Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault was created in the second Baird ministry.[2]
The portfolio became part of the portfolio of Mental Health, Regional Youth and Women in the second Berejiklian ministry[1] and returned as stane alone portfolio in the second Perrottet ministry. The current minister, since 5 April 2023, is Jodie Harrison serving in the Minns ministry. The minister supports the Attorney General in the administration of that portfolio through the Department of Communities and Justice and a range of other government agencies.
Ultimately, the ministers are responsible to the Parliament of New South Wales.
- ^ a b "PFO-162 Status of Women (1993-1995) Women [I] (1995-2019)". NSW State Records & Archives. Retrieved 8 May 2022.
This article incorporates text available under the CC BY 4.0 license.
- ^ "Part 6 Ministries since 1856" (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Record. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 23 March 2022.
