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Ministry of Gender, Labour and Social Development (Uganda)

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Type
  
Ministry

Website
  
Homepage

Jurisdiction
  
Government of Uganda


Headquarters
  
George Street,Nakasero HillKampala, Uganda

Ministry executive
  
Janat Mukwaya,Minister of Gender, Labour and Social Development

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, Janat Mukwaya.

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Location

The headquarters of the MGLSD are on George Street on Nakasero Hill in the Central Division of Kampala, the capital and largest city of Uganda. 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 four ministers of state.

  • State Minister for Gender and Culture - Peace Mutuuzo
  • State Minister for Youth and Children Affairs - Florence Nakiwala Kiyingi
  • State Minister for Labor, Employment and Industrial Relations - Herbert Kabafunzaki
  • State Minister for the Elderly and the Disabled - Vacant

    • References

    Ministry of Gender, Labour and Social Development (Uganda) Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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