Minister for Women (New South Wales)

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Minister for Women
Coat of Arms of New South Wales.svg
Incumbent
Jodie Harrison
since 5 April 2023
Ministry of Health
Style The Honourable
Appointer Governor of New South Wales
Inaugural holder Kerry Chikarovski
(as Minister for the Status of Women)
Formation26 May 1993

The Minister for Women is a minister in the New South Wales Government with responsibility for women's issues in New South Wales, Australia.

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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 Family and Community Services 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]

List of ministers

TitleMinister [2] PartyMinistryTerm startTerm endTime in officeNotes
Minister for the Status of Women Kerry Chikarovski   Liberal Fahey (3) 26 May 19934 April 19951 year, 313 days
Minister for Women Faye Lo Po'   Labor Carr (1) (2) (3) 4 April 19952 April 20037 years, 363 days
Sandra Nori Carr (4)
Iemma (1) 		2 April 20032 April 20074 years, 0 days
Verity Firth Iemma (2)
Rees 		2 April 200714 September 20092 years, 165 days
Linda Burney Rees 14 September 20094 December 200981 days
Jodi McKay Keneally 8 December 200928 March 20111 year, 110 days
Pru Goward   Liberal O'Farrell
Baird (1) (2) 		3 April 201130 January 20175 years, 302 days
Tanya Davies Berejiklian (1) 30 January 201723 March 20192 years, 52 days [3]
Minister for Mental Health, Regional Youth and Women Bronnie Taylor   National Berejiklian (2)
Perrottet (1) 		2 April 201921 December 20214 years, 84 days [4]
Minister for Women Perrottet (2) 21 December 202128 March 2023 [5]
Jodie Harrison   Labor Minns 5 April 2023incumbent81 days

The Minister for Women's Safety and the Prevention of Domestic and Sexual Violence has responsibility for the prevention of domestic violence and sexual assault in New South Wales, Australia. The reduction in violence against women was one of the objectives in establishing the Minister for the Status of Women in the third Fahey ministry in 1993. [1] A separate portfolio of Prevention of Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault was created in the second Baird ministry. Women's safety was added to the portfolio title in the second Perrottet ministry. The current minister, since 21 December 2021, is Natalie Ward. [2] The minister supports the Attorney General in the administration of that portfolio. through the Stronger Communities cluster, in particular the Department of Communities and Justice and a range of other government agencies.

TitleMinister [2] PartyMinistryTerm startTerm endTime in officeNotes
Minister for Prevention of Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault Pru Goward   Liberal Berejiklian (1) 2 April 201523 March 20193 years, 355 days [6]
Minister for the Prevention of Domestic Violence Mark Speakman Berejiklian (2) 2 April 201927 May 20212 years, 263 days [7]
Minister for Prevention of Domestic and Sexual Violence Berejiklian (2)
Perrottet (1) 		27 May 202121 December 2021 [8]
Minister for Women's Safety and the Prevention of Domestic and Sexual Violence Natalie Ward Perrottet (2) 21 December 20215 April 20231 year, 105 days [9]
Minister for the Prevention of Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault Jodie Harrison   Labor Minns 5 April 2023incumbent81 days

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