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The Office of the Minister is responsible to provide overall policy and strategic direction and guidance for the ministry

The duties of the Minister shall be as follows:

• Advise the President on gender, children and social protection issues;
• Under authority and powers delegated to him/her by the President, provide executive oversight of gender, children and social protection issues;
• Regulate and provide policy directions and guidelines for the operation of orphanages and children’s homes, foster and alternative care programs;
• Provide effective leadership to the Ministry, including evolving a vision and developing core values consistent with the mandate of the Ministry;
• Prepare and defend the Ministry’s annual program and its related expenditure budget proposals;
• Develop the human resources of the Ministry to enable workers to implement their functions effectively and efficiently;
• Mobilize external resources, in consultation and collaboration with the relevant government institutions, to augment technical and financial resources annually available to the Ministry;
• Submit to the President and the Legislature, not later than 30 days at the end of each calendar year, an Annual Report of the activities and operations of the Ministry during the preceding year;
• Perform such other duties that are incidental to being a Minister of Gender, Children and Social Protection; and
• Perform duties the President may, from time to time, assign to the Office of the Minister.