Minister_for_Women's_Affairs_(Paraguay)

Ministry of Women (Paraguay)

Ministry of Women (Paraguay)

Paraguay's ministry

The Ministry of Women or Ministry of Women's Affairs (MWA) is a Paraguayan state ministry established in 2012. The current Minister of Women is Celina Esther Lezcano, who succeeded Nilda Romero in March 2021.[1]

History of the ministry

In 1993 the Paraguayan state created a Secretariat for Women's Affairs within the Office of the President.[2] This secretariat was raised to the status of a Ministry of Women's Affairs by Act No. 4675, in 2012.[3]

In 2013 the Ministry took action to address high rates of domestic violence, promoting a national 24-hour telephone hotline for victims and operating a shelter in Asunción for female victims of sex trafficking or domestic violence.[4] The Ministry is participating in the National Commission on Climate Change, which is preparing a National Gender Strategy on Climate Change to advance women's rights in relation to the environment.[5] In 2018 Presidential Decree no. 936 established a National Equality Plan, setting out 2018-2024 plans for the Ministry of Women to work towards gender equality in partnership with UN Women.[6]

List of ministers

Secretaries for women's affairs (1993–2013)

Ministers of women (2013 to present)

  • Ana María Baiardi (14 August 2013 – 15 August 2018)
  • Nilda Romero (15 August 2018 – 6 March 2021)
  • Celina Esther Lezcano (9 March 2021 – present)

References

  1. [1]
    "Quién es Celina Lezcano Flores, la nueva ministra de la Mujer". La Nacíon (in Spanish). 9 March 2021. Retrieved 29 August 2021.
  2. [2]
    Inter-American Commission of Human Rights (9 March 2021). "Third Report on the Situation of Human Rights in Paraguay". Organization of American States.
  3. [3]
    Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (2017). "Concluding observations on the seventh periodic report of Paraguay". Retrieved 28 August 2021.
  4. [4]
    "Paraguay 2013 Human Right Report" (PDF).
  5. [5]
    "Regional report on the review of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action in Latin American and Caribbean countries, 25 years on" (PDF). Retrieved 28 August 2021.
  6. [6]
    "IV Plan Nacional de Igualdad 2018 – 2024 IV National Equality Plan 2018 - 2024". UNESCO.
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