The Ministry of Gender, Labour and Social Development (MGLSD) is a
Cabinet-level government ministry of Uganda. The mandate of the ministry is to empower citizens to maximize their individual and collective potential by developing skills, increasing labour productivity, and cultural enrichment to achieve sustainable and gender-sensitive development. The ministry is headed by a Cabinet minister,
Betty Amongi Akena.
Location
The headquarters of the MGLSD are on George Street on
Nakasero Hill in the
Central Division of
Kampala
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, the capital and largest city of
Uganda
}), is a landlocked country in East Africa. The country is bordered to the east by Kenya, to the north by South Sudan, to the west by the Democratic Republic of the Congo, to the south-west by Rwanda, and to the south by Tanzania. The sou ...
. The coordinates of the ministry headquarters are 0°19'00.0"N, 32°34'43.0"E (Latitude:0.316677; Longitude:32.578611).
Directorates
MGLSD is divided into the following administrative directorates:
* Labour, Employment and Occupational Safety
* Social Protection
* Gender & Community Development
Leadership
The cabinet minister is assisted by five ministers of state.
* State Minister for Gender and Culture -
Peace Mutuuzo
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* State Minister for Youth and Children Affairs -
Hon. Nyirabashitsi Sarah Mateke
* State Minister for the Elderly -
Hon. Dominic Mafwabi Gidudu
* State Minister for Disability Affairs -
Hon. Asamo Hellen Grace
* State Minister for Labour, Employment and Industrial Relations -
Col. Rtd Okello P. Charles Engola
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List of ministers
Minister of Gender, Labour and Social Development
*
Betty Amongi
Betty Amongi Akena, (née Betty Amongi Ongom), but commonly known as Betty Amongi, is a Ugandan politician. She is the Minister of Gender, Labour and Social Development in the Cabinet of Uganda, as of 9 June 2021. Previously, she served as the ...
(8 June 2021 - present)
*
Frank Tumwebaze
Frank Kagyigyi Tumwebaze is a Ugandan educator and politician of the National Resistance Movement political party. He is the Minister of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries, effective 8 June 2021.
He previously served as Minister of G ...
(14 December 2019 - 8 June 2021)
*
Janat Mukwaya (6 June 2016 - 14 December 2019)
Minister of Gender and Social Issues
*
Wilson Muruli Mukasa (1 March 2015 - 6 June 2016)
*
Mary Karooro Okurut
Mary Busingye Karooro Okurut (born 8 December 1954), more commonly known as Mary Karooro Okurut, is a Ugandan educator, author and politician. She is the former Cabinet Minister in Charge of General Duties in the Office of the Prime Minister, i ...
(23 May 2013 - 1 March 2015)
*
Syda Bbumba (27 May 2011 - 16 February 2012)
Minister of Gender, Labour and Social Development
*
Gabriel Opio (16 February 2009 - 27 May 2011)
*
Syda Bbumba (1 June 2006 - 16 February 2009)
* Zoe Bakoko Bakoru (2001 - 1 June 2006)
See also
*
Politics of Uganda
*
Parliament of Uganda
The parliament of Uganda is the country's legislative body. Unicameral, the most significant of the Ugandan parliament's functions is to pass laws that will provide good governance in the country. The government ministers are bound to answer t ...
References
External links
Website of Ugandan Ministry of Gender, Labour and Social Development
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Social affairs ministries
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Uganda
}), is a landlocked country in East Africa. The country is bordered to the east by Kenya, to the north by South Sudan, to the west by the Democratic Republic of the Congo, to the south-west by Rwanda, and to the south by Tanzania. The sou ...
Organisations based in Kampala