Ministry of 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]

Ministry of Women, Children and Senior Citizens

महिला, बालबालिका तथा जेष्ठ नागरिक मन्त्रालय
Emblem of Nepal
Agency overview
Jurisdiction	Government of Nepal
Headquarters	Singha Durbar, Kathmandu, Nepal
Minister responsible	Nawal Kishor Sah, Minister for Women, Children and Senior Citizens
Website	mowcsc.gov.np

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]	Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist–Leninist)	25 February 2014	12 October 2015	Minister for Women, Children and Social Affairs
2	Chandra Prakash Mainali[4]	Communist Party of Nepal (Marxist–Leninist) (2002)	5 November 2015		Minister for Women and Children
3	Kumar Khadka[5]	Akhanda Nepal Party	19 January 2017		Minister for Women, Children and Social Welfare Development
4	Asha Koirala[6]	Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist Centre)	26 July 2017	17 October 2017
5	Brikam Bahadur Thapa	Rastriya Prajatantra Party Nepal	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[citation needed]) Minister of Labour, Employment, Women, Children and Social Security (from 23 February 2018 to 17 March 2018[citation needed]) Minister for Women, Children and Senior Citizen[8] (from 17 March 2018)
7	Parbat Gurung[9]	Nepal Communist Party	21 November 2019		Minister for Women, Children and Senior Citizen
8	Lila Nath Shrestha	CPN UML	14 October 2020	25 December 2020
9	Julie Kumari Mahato	CPN UML	25 December 2020	4 June 2021
10	Chanda Chaudhary	People's Socialist Party, Nepal	4 June 2021	22 June 2021
11	Uma Regmi	Nepali Congress	8 October 2021	26 December 2022
12	Bhagwati Chaudhary	CPN (UML)	17 January 2023	27 February 2023
13	Surendra Raj Acharya	Nepali Congress	7 May 2023

References

1. "MOWCSC". www.mowcsc.gov.np. Archived from the original on 2019-08-27. Retrieved 2019-09-06.
2. "Organizations under Ministry". Ministry of Women, Children and Senior Citizen. Archived from the original on 31 March 2019. Retrieved 1 April 2019.
3. "PM expands Cabinet; 3 ministers sworn in". The Kathmandu Post. 7 April 2014. Archived from the original on 4 April 2019. Retrieved 1 April 2019.
4. "3 more DPMs, 4 ministers sworn-in; total Cabinet strength is 26". 5 November 2015. Archived from the original on 29 October 2017. Retrieved 1 April 2019.
5. "Cabinet expansion: Singh, Khadka sworn in as ministers". The Himalayan Times. Archived from the original on 12 November 2017. Retrieved 11 November 2017.
6. "Who are three female ministers in cabinet?". República. 26 July 2017. Archived from the original on 4 April 2019. Retrieved 1 April 2019.
7. "PM Oli assumes Office". The Himalayan Times. Archived from the original on 4 April 2019. Retrieved 1 April 2019.
8. "Ministries split to create posts". The Kathmandu Post. 17 March 2018. Archived from the original on 30 May 2018. Retrieved 1 May 2018.
9. "Newly appointed ministers take oath". The Himalayan Times. 21 November 2019. Archived from the original on 11 November 2020. Retrieved 26 May 2020.