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Minister for Women
Incumbent Jodie Harrison since 5 April 2023
Department of Communities and Justice
Style	The Honourable
Appointer	Governor of New South Wales
Inaugural holder	Kerry Chikarovski (as Minister for the Status of Women)
Formation	26 May 1993

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

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 Families and Communities 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. A separate portfolio of Prevention of Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault was created in the second Baird ministry.

The portfolio became part of the portfolio of Mental Health, Regional Youth and Women in the second Berejiklian ministry and returned as stane alone portfolio in the second Perrottet ministry. The current minister, since 5 April 2023, is Jodie Harrison serving in the Minns ministry. The minister supports the Attorney General in the administration of that portfolio through the Department of Communities and Justice and a range of other government agencies.

Ultimately, the ministers are responsible to the Parliament of New South Wales.

List of ministers

Related ministerial titles

Prevention of Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault

The following individuals have served as for the Prevention of Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault or any precedent titles:

See also

• Minister for Women (Australia)
• Minister for Women (Victoria)
• List of New South Wales government agencies

References

1. ^ "PFO-162 Status of Women (1993-1995) Women [I] (1995-2019)". NSW State Records & Archives. Retrieved 8 May 2022.  This article incorporates text available under the CC BY 4.0 license.
2. ^ "Part 6 Ministries since 1856" (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Record. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 23 March 2022.
3. "Refreshed NSW cabinet sworn in". Sky News. Australia. AAP. 30 January 2017. Retrieved 30 January 2017.
4. "Government Notices (30)" (PDF). Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales. 2 April 2019. p. 1088-1090. Retrieved 3 April 2019.
5. "Parliament, Ministerial, Courts and Police (662)" (PDF). Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales. 21 December 2021.
6. Vukovic, Dom; Gerathy, Sarah; McDonald, Philippa (29 January 2017). "NSW Cabinet reshuffle: Premier Gladys Berejiklian announces big changes to front bench". ABC News. Australia. Retrieved 29 January 2017.
7. "Government Notices (30)" (PDF). Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales. 2 April 2019. p. 1088-1090. Retrieved 3 April 2019.
8. "Parliament, Ministerial, Courts and Police (230)" (PDF). Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales. 28 May 2021. p. 2-3. Retrieved 11 June 2021.
9. "Parliament, Ministerial, Courts and Police (662)" (PDF). Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales. 21 December 2021.

External links

• NSW Department of Justice

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