Gender mainstreaming is the public policy concept of assessing the implications for people of different genders of a planned policy action, including legislation and programmes.
The Ministry of Women and Child Development, a branch of the Government of India, is an apex body for formulation and administration of the rules and regulations and laws relating to women and child development in India. The current minister for the Ministry of Women and Child Development is Annpurna Devi having held the portfolio since 2024.
The Ministry of Women, Family and Community Development, abbreviated KPWKM, is a ministry of the Government of Malaysia responsible for social welfare: children, women, family, community, older people, destitute, homeless, disaster victim, disabled. The ministry determines the policies and direction to achieve the goals of gender equality, family development and a caring society in line with Malaysia's commitment towards the United Nations' Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women and the Beijing Declaration.
The Ministry of Home Affairs is an interior ministry of the government of Indonesia responsible for matters of the state. The ministry was formerly known as the Department of Home Affairs until 2010 when the nomenclature of the Department of Home Affairs was changed to the Ministry of Home Affairs in accordance with the Regulation of the Minister of Home Affairs Number 3 of 2010 on the Nomenclature of the Ministry of Home Affairs.
The Ministry of Health is a government ministry which organize public health affairs within the Indonesian government.
The Ministry of Trade is a ministry of the Government of Indonesia that directs the formulation of policies related to the development of trade in Indonesia.
A ministry of women or women's affairs exists in several countries under various names, often headed by a minister for women :
Coordinating Ministry for Maritime and Investment Affairs was the Indonesian government ministry in charge of planning, coordinating as well as synchronizing policies in maritime affairs and investment. The coordinating minister for Maritime and Investment Affairs was Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan.
The Coordinating Ministry for Human Development and Cultural Affairs is an Indonesian government coordinating ministry. The ministry is responsible to coordinate, synchronize and control governance in human development and culture.
The Gender Balance Council (GBC) is an Emirati federal entity responsible for developing and implementing the gender balance agenda in the United Arab Emirates.
Foreign aid for gender equality in Jordan includes programs funded by governments or non-governmental organizations (NGOs) that aim to empower women, close gender based gaps in opportunity and experience, and promote equal access to education, economic empowerment, and political representation in the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan.
The Ministry of National Development Planning/National Development Planning Agency is a ministry of the Republic of Indonesia that has the task to oversee government affairs in the field of national development planning to assist the President in organizing state government. The minister is responsible to the President. The Ministry of National Development Planning uses organizational units and resources within the National Development Planning Agency.
The Ministry of Villages and Development of Disadvantaged Regions is a government ministry tasked with assisting the President in developing rural and disadvantaged areas in Indonesia. Through its community development, it would help to speed up the development of villages. The Ministry is also responsible for the Transmigration Program.
Feminism in Indonesia refers to the long history of discourse for gender equality to bring about positive social change in Indonesia. The issues women in Indonesia currently are facing include gender violence, underage marriages, and lack of representation in the political system. Feminism and the women's right movement began during colonial Indonesia under Dutch rule and were spearheaded by the national heroine Kartini, a Javanese noblewoman who advocated for the education of all women and girls regardless of social status. In the early 19th century, women's rights organizations and movements were allowed to developed under Budi Utomo, the first Indonesian Nationalist organization. Modern day Indonesian feminism include and are influenced by both fundamentalist and progressive Islamic women's organizations.
Marlina Flassy is an Indonesian anthropologist, who is the first woman to hold a deanship at Cenderawasih University, and is the first woman and indigenous Papuan to be appointed Dean of the Faculty of Social and Political Sciences there. In 2015 the Indonesian Ministry of Research and Technology awarded her its Golden Pin Award.
The Personal Data Protection Authority is a future executive agency formed by the Indonesian government, working directly under the President of Indonesia. The agency will be tasked with information privacy safeguarding, personal data protection, and enforcing laws related/regarding to the personal data protection.
The National Commission on Violence against Women is an Indonesian independent state institution established in 1998 with the goal of eliminating violence against women. It is one of three such institutions, the other two being the National Commission on Human Rights and the Indonesian Child Protection Commission.
Kasmarni is an Indonesian politician who currently serves as 15th Regent of Bengkalis Regency from 26 February 2021 and became the first woman to held the position.
The Coordinating Ministry for Social Empowerment is an Indonesian government ministry in charge of planning and policy co-ordination, as well as synchronization of policies in the field of social empowerment. The ministry is led by a Coordinating Minister for Social Empowerment, which is currently Muhaimin Iskandar since 21 October 2024.
