Mandated to lead the development, implementation and monitoring of the policy and legal framework for issues relating to women and children below 18 years.
During the debate on Women Peace & Security today, I urged everyone to ‘invest in a future where women and girls live as equals, a future defined by peace, stability, and opportunity for every man, woman, boy, and girl’.
In a pivotal engagement held on August 5th, 2025, the Minister of Gender and Children’s Affairs welcomed the ECOWAS President and Envoy, Dr. Omar Alieu Touray and his delegation, for a dialogue on advancing gender equality and protecting the rights of children. @julius_maadabio
Excellent meeting between ES @ClaverGatete and Joan Nyanyyki, ED, Africa Child Policy Forum. Agreed to work on joint research on adolescents and structural transformation ahead of the @AfricanChildFrm conference in October.
Bodily autonomy is not simply about #sexual choices and reproductive rights.
It is about a person’s whole self, dreams and potential in life 🧡
Join us to say #MyBodyIsMyOwn and help make rights and choices a reality for all: https://t.co/gE4cR5aCnS
#ICPD30
1 - Deep gratitude for being in such pressing discussion at UNHQ for
#CSW68 with @UNICEF@ObamaFoundation@mogca_sl@FCDOGovUK@UN_Women. Adolescent girls' rights are in crisis. Yet our work teaches us they are organising & leading with interventions in the most extreme places.
With support from the UN Country Team, the MOGCA
commenced the 1st batch of training for MDA Gender Focal points on Gender Mainstreaming on the implementation of the GEWE & complementing @PresidentBio’s effort to end gender disparities in SL @UNSierraLeone