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Directory of NATIONAL MECHANISMS for Gender Equality February 2015 6 This page is intentionally left blank 7 Directory of NATIONAL MECHANISMS for Gender Equality February 2015 The Directory of National Mechanisms for Gender Equality is maintained by UN Women, the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women, with the support of the United Nations Regional Commissions.
In order to ensure that the information in the Directory is as comprehensive and accurate as possible, Governments are kindly invited to provide relevant information corrections and/or additions regarding their national machineries to: UN Women United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women Rocio Torres DNB 18-92 New York, NY 10017 Phone: (646) 781 4426 E-mail: rocio.torres@unwomen.org National Mechanism Country: Name: Address: Telephone: FAX: E-Mail: URL: Name: Title: Appointed by: Head of National Mechanism 8 Secondary data entry form - National mechanisms for gender equality* Country: Name of mechanism: Address: Telephone: FAX: Email: URL: Name: Title: Head of mechanism * For purposes of the Directory, the term ‘national mechanisms for gender equality’ is understood to include those bodies and institutions within different branches of the State (legislative, executive and judicial branches) as well as independent, accountability and advisory bodies that, together, are recognized as ‘national mechanisms for gender equality’ by all stakeholders.
They may include, but not be limited to:       The national mechanisms for the advancement of women within Government (e.g.

a Ministry, Department, or Office.

See paragraph 201 of the Beijing Platform for Action) inter-ministerial bodies (e.g.
task forces/working groups/commissions or similar arrangements) advisory/consultative bodies, with multi-stakeholder participation gender equality ombud gender equality observatory Parliamentary committee 9 This page is intentionally left blank 10 Afghanistan Women's Affairs Address Telephone Fax Web Site Park Road Kabul Afghanistan 93-020-220-1378 93-75-200-4541 http://mowa.gov.af/en Albania Ministry of Social Welfare and Youth Address Rr "Kavajes" nr 1001 Tirana Albania 355 4 450 4952 Telephone Fax Web Site Name Mrs. Husn Banu Ghazanfar Title Minister of Women's Affairs Appointed by The President of Afghanistan Name Erion Veliaj Title Minister http://www.sociale.gov.al/ Appointed by The Government Algeria Ministère de la Solidarite Nationale, de la Famille et de la Condition de la Femme Address Name Mounia Meslem Si Amer Route Nationale No.
01 Les Vergers Bp 31 Birkhadem Alger Algeria (213) 21 44 99 54 (213) 21 44 97 57 www.msnfcf.gov.dz/fr/home-fr Telephone Fax Web Site Algeria Le Conseil National de la Famille et de la Femme Address Alger Algeria (213) 7 71 24 44 22 Telephon e Fax Title Ministre Appointed by Monsieur le Président de la République Name Title Fatma Zohra Président e du Conseil National de la Famille et de la Femme 11 Web Site www.msnfcf.gov.dz/fr/conseil_national__de__la_famille_et_de_la_fem me Appointe d by The Minister of National Solidarity, Family and Women Condition 12 Andorra Ministry of Health and Wellfare Address Edifici Clara Rabassa Av.
Príncep Benlloch, 30, 4t Andorra La Vella AD 500 Andorra (376) 860 345, +376 829 346 +376 829 347 http://www.salut.ad/contacta Name Cristina Rodriguez Galan Title Minister Appointed by The Government Telephone Fax Web Site Angola Ministry of the Family and Women's Promotion Largo 4 de Fevereiro no3, Palacio de Address Vidro Luanda Code Postal 6438 Angola (244) 222 31 11 71 (244) 222 31 17 28 http://www.minfamu.gov.ao Telephone Fax Web Site Name Mrs. Genoveva da Conceicao Lino Title Minister Appointed by President of the Republic Antigua and Barbuda Ministry of Education, Science and Technology Government Office Complex, Queen Address Elizabeth Highway St. John's Antigua and Barbuda (268) 462 4959 (268) 462 4970 www.Education.gov.ag Telephone Fax Web Site Name Michael Browne Title Minister Appointed by Argentina Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores Address Ave. Paseo Colon 275, Piso 5o.
Buenos Aires 1063, Argentina (5411) 4342-7079 5411-4342-7384 o 86 www.cnm.gov.ar Telephone Fax Web Site Name Ms. Gloria Raquel Bender Title Representante Especial de los Asuntos de la Mujer Appointed by Presidencia de la Nación.
6 Armenia Council of Women's Affairs Address Republic Square, Government House 1 Yerevan 0010 Armenia 374 10 52 70 00 Name Hovik Argami Abrahamyan Title Prime Minister http://www.gov.am/ru/councils/ Appointed by The Armenian Government Australia Australian Government Office for Women Address Department of Family and Community Services P.O Box 7576 Canberra Business Centre Canberra 2610 Australia 61 2 62129047 Name Honorable Michaelia Cash Title Minister Assisting the Prime Minister for Women 61 2 62129572 www.ofw.fahcsia.gov.au Appointed by Prime Minister Austria Federal Ministry of Education and Women's Affairs Address Minoritenplatz 3, A-1014 Vienna Austria +43-1 53115-2165 Name Ms. Gabriele Heinisch-Hosek Title Federal Minister www.frauen.bka.gv.at Appointed by Azerbaijan State Committee for Family, Women and Children Affairs Address Name Hijran Huseynova Telephone Fax Web Site Telephone Fax Web Site Telephone Fax Web Site Telephone Fax Web Site U.Hajibeyov Str.
40, Government House, Gate III Baku AZ1000 Azerbaijan (994-12) 498 0092 (994-12) 493 5872 www.scfwca.gov.az/ Title Chairperson Appointed by The President of Azerbaijan 6 Bahamas Ministry of Social Services and Community Develoment Name Address Melanie Griffin Aventura Plaza, JFK and Bethel Ave. P.O.Box N-3915 Nassau N.P.

P. O.

Box N-3206 Bahamas (242) 356 0762 (242) 325 1920 www.bahamas.gov.bs/socialservices Telephone Fax Web Site Bahrain Supreme Council for Women P. O.
Box 38886 Address Manama Bahrain 973-174 17171 Telephone Title Minister Appointed by The Government Name Sabeeka Bint Ibrahim Al-Khalifa Title President of the Supreme Council for Women Fax Web Site www.scw.gov.bh Appointed by H.M. King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa the King of Bahrain Bahrain Supreme Council for Women P. O.
Box 38886 Address Manama Bahrain (973)17417171 (973)17415306 http://www.scw.gov.bh Telephone Fax Web Site Bangladesh Ministry of Women and Children Affairs 7 Siddeshwari lane, Ramna Address Dhaka 1000 Bangladesh (88-02) 7160568 (88-02) 716 2892 http://www.mowca.gov.bd Telephone Fax Web Site Name Hala Mohamed Al-Ansari Title Secretary General Appointed by HM the King of Bahrain Name Meher Afroze Chumki Title State Minister Appointed by The Prime Minister 6 Barbados Ministry Family, Culture, Sports and Youth Address Elsie Payne Complex, Constitution Road Barbados (246) 430-2704 (246) 436-8909 Telephone Fax Web Site Name Stephen A. Lashley Title Minister Appointed by Belarus Ministry of Labour and Social Protection of the Republic of Belarus Address Name Shchetkina Marianna Akindinovna Belarus National Council on Gender Policy under the Council of Ministers of the Republic of Belarus Address Marianna Schetkina Name Title Minister Appointed by Title Minister Appointed by Belgium Conseil de l'égalité des chances entre les hommes et les femmes Address Name Magdeleine Williame-Boonen Winners 23, building 2 Minsk 220004 Belarus +375 17 306 38 84 +375 17 306 38 84 www.mintrud.gov.by Minsk Belarus +375-17-306 38 84 +375-17-306 38 84 Rue Ernest Blerot 1 Bruxelles 1070 Belgium 32-2 233 4176 32-2-233 40 32 www.conseildelegalite.be/fr Telephone Fax Web Site Telephone Fax Web Site Telephone Fax Web Site Title Présidente Appointed by 6 Belgium Secrétaire d’Etat à la Lutte contre la pauvreté, à l’Egalité des chances, aux personnes handicapées, à la Lutte contre la fraude fiscale, et à la Politique scientifique, a Address Elke Sleurs Name Boulevard du Jardin Botanique 50 boîte bte 3030 BRuxelles B – 1000 Belgium +32 2 574 85 00 Title adjointe au Ministre des Finances Appointed by Telephone Fax Web Site Telephone Fax Web Site Telephone Fax Web Site Belize Ministry of Human Development, Social Transformation and poverty alleviation Address Judith Alpuche Name West Block, Independence Plaza Belmopan Belize (501) 822-2246 (501) 822-3175 Title Chief Executive Officer Appointed by Belize Ministry of Human Development and Social Transformation Address Name Anthony Martinez West Block Building Belmopan Belize (501) 822-2246 (501) 822-2284 Title Minister Appointed by Benin Ministry of Women Affairs and Social Development Address B. P. 01-BP 2802 Cotonou Benin (229) 31 670 7/31 67 08 Telephone Name Blessing Oghumu Maigida Title Commissioner for Women Affaires and Social Development Fax Web Site (229) 31 50 38/22 54 61 http://www.womenaffairs.edostate.gov.ng/ Appointed by The Government 6 Telephone Fax Web Site Telephone Fax Web Site Telephone Fax Web Site Telephone Fax Web Site Bhutan National Women's Association of Bhutan Address Phajoding Primary School, Phuentsholing Chukha, Chukha Bhutan (975) 5-252902 (975) 5-254070 http://www.nwabbhutan.org.bt Bolivia Ministerio de Autonomia Address Ave. 20 de Octubre esq.
Fernando Guachalla Edif.

Ex.
Conavi La Paz Bolivia (591-2) 2110930 - 34 Name Dasho Daw Dem Title Secretary Appointed by The Government Name Claudia Peña Claros Title Ministra http://www.autonomia.gob.bo/portal3/ Appointed by Bosnia and Herzegovina The Agency for Gender Equality of Bosnia and Herzegovina Address Name Samra Filipovic-Hadziabdic Hakije Kulenovica 12 Sarajevo Bosnia and Herzegovina 000387 33 209 761 Title Director http://arsbih.gov.ba/?page_id=1314 Appointed by Ministry for Human Rights and Bosnia and Herzegovina Gender Center of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina Address Name Hasana Kikica 18 Sarajevo 71000 Bosnia and Herzegovina 000387 33 66 58 83 Refugees Ana Vukovic Title Director www.gcfbih.gov.ba Appointed by 6 Bosnia and Herzegovina Gender Center of Republika Srpska Address Vuka Karadzica 4 Banja Luka 78000 Bosnia and Herzegovina 387 51247 427 Name Mirjana Lukac Title Director of Gender Center of Republika Srpska 387 51247 590 www.vladars.net/sr-SP- Cyrl/Vlada/centri/gendercentarrs/Pages/default.aspx Appointed by Botswana Gender Affairs Department Address Private Bag 00107 Gaborone Botswana (267) 391 2290 (267) 391 1944 http://www.gov.bw/en/Ministries-- Authorities/Ministries/Ministry-of- Labour--Home-Affairs- MLHA/Department-- Units/Department-of-Gender-- Womens-Affairs/ Brazil Secretaria Especial de Politicas para as Mulheres Address Centro Cultural Banco do Brasil Trecho 2, Lote 22 Edif.
Tancredo Neves 1o.

Andar Brasilia D.F.
70200-002 Brazil (55-61) 3313-7091 Name Valencia Mogegeh Title Director Appointed by Name Eleonora Menicucci de Oliveira Title Ministra http://www.spm.gov.br/ Appointed by Brunei Darussalam Department of Community Development, Ministry of Culture, Youth & Sports Address Name Adina bint Othman Simpang 336-17, Jalan Kebangsaan Bandar Seri Begawan BA 1210 Brunei Darussalam 673-238 2911 Title Director of Community Development 673-238 0652 www.Japem.gov.bn Appointed by 6 Telephone Fax Web Site Telephone Fax Web Site Telephone Fax Web Site Telephone Fax Web Site Name Ivalo Kalfin Title Minister www.mlsp.government.bg/en/ Appointed by Bulgaria Ministry of Labour and Social Policy Address 2, Triaditza Str.
Sofia 1051 Bulgaria +3592 986 65 08 Telephone Fax Web Site Burkina Faso Ministère de la Promotion de la Femme 01 BP 303 Address Ouagadougou Kadiogo 01 Burkina Faso (226) 50 50 53 67 Telephone Fax Web Site Name Nestorine Sangaré Compaoré Title Ministre http://www.mpf.gov.bf Appointed by Burundi Ministére de la solidarité nationale, des droits de la personne humaine et du genre Address Godelieve NININAHAZWE Name Boulevard de l’Uprona Building Nyogozi, 3ème étage P. O.
Box 2690 Bujumbura Burundi (257) 222431 / 223331 (257) 216102 Telephone Fax Web Site Cambodia Ministry of Women’s Affairs Address No.

3, Norodom Blvd.
Phnom Penh Cambodia (855-23) 428 965 (855-23) 426 539/ 23 426 915 www.mowva.gov.kh Telephone Fax Web Site Title Ministre de la Solidarité Nationale Appointed by Décret Présidentiel Name Ing Kantha Phavi Title Minister Appointed by His Majesty the King of Cambodia 6 Cameroon Ministère de la Promotion de la Femme et de la Famille Name Address Yaoundé Cameroon (237) 22 23-2550 (237) 22 23-2550 / 22 23-3965 Telephone Fax Web Site Canada Status of Women Canada (SWC) Address 123 Slater Street, Mac Donald Bldg.
10th Floor Ottawa K1P 1H9 Canada Toll Free 855-969-9922 819-420-6906 http://www.swc-cfc.gc.ca Marie-Therese Abena Ondoa Title Ministre de la Promotion de la Femme et de la Famille Appointed by The President of the Republic of Cameroon Name K. Kellie Leitch Title Minister of Labour and Minister of Status of Women Appointed by The Prime Minister of Canada Cape Verde Instituto Caboverdiano Para Igualdade e Equidade de Género Address Name Cláudia Rodrigues Rua Serpa Pinto No.
68 Plateau-Praia CP 253 Cape Verde 238 616272; 615174 238 2615263 www.icieg.cv Title Presidenta Appointed by Telephone Fax Web Site Telephone Fax Web Site Central African Republic Ministère de la Santé publique, des affaires sociales et de l'action humanitaire Address Name Bangui Central African Republic Telephone Fax Web Site Title Appointed by Marguerite- Marie Maliavo- Samba Ministre 6 Chad Ministere de l'Action Sociale, de la Solidarité Nationale et de la Famille Address Name Amane Rosine Baiwong Djibergui B.P.
80 N'Djamena Chad (235) 251 45 08 (235) 252 22 12/252 35 34 Telephone Fax Web Site Chile Ministerio para el Servicio Nacional de la Mujer Address Agustinas 1389, piso 5 Santiago Chile (56-2) 549-6142 / 6100 (56-2) 549-6247 www.sernam.cl Telephone Fax Web Site Title Ministre Appointed by Name Claudia Pascual Title Ministra Appointed by Presidente de la República China National Working Committee on Women and Children under the State Council Address LIU Yandong Name 15 Jian Guo Men Nei Street Beijing 100730 China (86-10) 6526-6501 (86-10) 6513-6044 http://www.nwccw.gov.cn Title State Counselor Appointed by State Council of China Colombia Alta Consejerìa Presidencial para la Equidad de la Mujer Name Address Carrera 8 No.
7 - 27 Edificio Galan Bogota Colombia (57 1) 5629645 ext.
3645, 111, 209 Dr. Nigeria Renteria Lozano Title Alta Consejera para la Equidad de la Mujer (57 1) 562-3571 http://www.equidadmujer.gov.co Appointed by Cámara de Representantes 6 Telephone Fax Web Site Telephone Fax Web Site Comoros Ministère de la Santé, de la Solidarité et de la Promotion du Genre Address Name Fouad Mhadji BP 42 Moroni Comoros Telephone Fax Web Site 269-73 22 77 Title Vice President, Minister Appointed by Congo (Republic of the) Ministère de la Promotion de la Femme et de l'Integration de la Femme au Développement Address Catherine Embonza Lipiti Name B.P.
2453 Brazzaville Congo (Republic of the) (242) 22 18 00 / 55 16 830 / 66 64 152 (242) 81 41 49 / 60 Appointed by Title Ministre de la Promotion de la Femme et de l'Integration de la Femme au Développement Costa Rica Instituto Nacional de las Mujeres (INAMU) Address Granadilla NOrte de Curidabat, del Taller Automotriz Wabe, 11 mts al este San José 59-2015 Registro Público Costa Rica (506) 2280-9200 / 2224-2963 (506) 2283-0657 http://www.inamu.go.cr Name Ms. Alejandra Mora Mora Title Presidenta Ejecutiva c Appointed by Poder Ejecutivo Côte d'Ivoire Ministér de la Solidarité, de la Famille, de la Femme et de l’Enfant Address Name Anne Desiree Ouloto Abidjan, Plateau Cité Administrative Abidjan BPV 200 Côte d'Ivoire 225 20 21 77 02 / 20 21 76 26 225 20 21 44 61 www.famille.gouv.ci Telephone Fax Web Site Telephone Fax Web Site Telephone Fax Web Site Title Ministre Appointed by 6 Croatia Office for Gender Equality of the Government of Croatia Address Name Helena Stimac Radin Mesnicka 23, Zagreb 10 000 Croatia (385) 1 6303 090 (385) 1 4569 296 www.ured-ravnopravnost.hr Telephone Fax Web Site Title Head of the Office Appointed by Croatia Office of the Ombudsperson for Gender Equality Preobrazenska 4 Address Zagreb 10 000 Croatia (385) 1 4848 100 Telephone Fax Web Site (385) 1 4844 600 www.prs.hr Name Visnja Ljubicic Title Ombudswoman for Gender Equality Appointed by Croatian Parlament Cuba Federación de Mujeres Cubanas Address Calle Paseo 260 Esq 13 La Habana 1400 Cuba (537) ) 838 2780 / 2771 Telephone Fax Web Site Cyprus Minister of Justice and Public Order Address Telephone Fax Web Site Name Teresa María Amarelle Boué Title Secretaria General www.mujeres.cubaweb.cu Appointed by Ministry of Justice and Public Order 125 Athalassas Ave. Nicosia 1461 Cyprus +357 22 805901 / +357 22 518328 Name Ionas Nicolaou Title Secretary General, www.mjpo.gov.cy Appointed by Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Justice and Public Order 6 Czech Republic Ministry for Human Rights, Equal Opportunities and Legislation Address Name Jiří
 Dienstbier Office of the Government of the Czech Republic, nábřeží Edvarda Beneše 4, CZ Prague 1 - 118 01 Czech Republic +42 224 002 111 Telephone Fax Web Site http://www.mpsv.cz Appointed by Title Minister Democratic People's Republic of Korea No Address Democratic People's Republic of Korea Telephone Fax Web Site Information available Name Title Appointed by Democratic Republic of the Congo Ministère du Genre, Famille et Enfant 54, Avenue Colonel Ebeya Address Kinshasa/Gombe Democratic Republic of the Congo (243) 9-99 202100/ 81 501 4528 Telephone Fax Web Site Name Mrs. Genevieve Inagosi-Buli I. Kassongo Title Ministre Appointed by Le Président de la République Denmark Department of Gender Equality Address Holmens Kanal 20 P.O.Box 2150 1016 Kopenhamn K Denmark +45 72 26 97 80 Telephone Name Manu Sareen Title Minister for Children, Gender Equality, Integration and Social Affairs Fax Web Site +45 72 26 97 81 http://www.lige.dk Appointed by Prime Minister 6 Djibouti Ministere de la Promotion de la Femme et du Planning familiar charge des Relations avec le Parlement Address Hasna Barkat Daoud Name P.O Box 458 Djibouti Djibouti (253) 35 34 09 (253) 35 04 39 http://www.ministere-femme.dj Telephone Fax Web Site Title Ministre Appointed by President Dominica Ministry of Social Services, Community, Development and Gender Affairs Address Name Gloria Shillingford 1st Floor Government Headquarters Roseau 00109-8000 Dominica (767) 266-3249 (767) 449-8220 http://socialservices.gov.dm/ Title Minister Appointed by Dominican Republic Ministerio de la Mujer Address Telephone Fax Web Site Telephone Fax Web Site Ave. Mexico esquina 30 de Marzo, Bloque D, 2o Piso Santo Dominigo Dominican Republic (809) 685 3755 (809) 686 8040 http://presidencia.gob.do/ministerio/ministerio- de-la-mujer Name Licenciada Alejandrina Germán Mejia Title Ministra de la Mujer Appointed by The Government of the Dominican Republic Ecuador Consejo Nacional de las Mujeres, CONAMU Address Pasaje Donoso N32-33 y
 Whymper Quito Ecuador (593-2) 256- 1472 (593-2) 256-1446 ext.
1 Telephone Fax Web Site Name Yina Quintana Title Directora Ejecutiva Appointed by La Presidencia de la República 6 Egypt The National Council for Women (NCW) 15 Mohamed Hafez St. Dokki Address Dokki, Cairo Egypt (20-2) 37603518- 37603529 (20-2) 37603508 http://www.ncwegypt.com Telephone Fax Web Site Name Mervat Tallawi Title President of the Council Appointed by El Salvador Instituto Salvadoreño para el Desarrollo de la Mujer (ISDEMU) Address Name Yanira Argueta Martinez 9a Avenida Norte No.
120 San Salvador El Salvador (503) 2501 7500 Telephone Fax Web Site http://www.isdemu.gob.sv Appointed by Title Directora Ejecutiva El Salvador Procuraduria Adjunta para la Defensa de los derechos de la mujer y la familia.

Name Address 5a.

Calle Pte.

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Ave. Norte Edificio AMSA No.
535 San Salvador El Salvador Telephon e (503) 2520 4340 Title Fax Web Site http://www.pddh.gob.sv/menuinfo/manustruct/menuadjesp/menumuj er Appointe d by Gloria Rosalía Aminta Jovel Procurador a Adjunta para los derechos de la mujer y la familia Gobierno de El Salvador Equatorial Guinea Ministerio de Asuntos Sociales y Condicion de la Mujer Name Address C/3 Agosto Equatorial Guinea 240-092267 240-92153 / 2410 Telephone Fax Web Site Maria Leonor Epam Biribe Title Ministra Appointed by 6 Eritrea The National Union of Eritrean Women Address Av.
Gureito 10-12 1A173 P.O.
Box 239 Asmara Eritrea (291-1) 119-514 (291-1) 11 91 22 / 12 06 28 http://www.nuew.org Telephone Fax Web Site Estonia Ministry of Social Affairs Address Gonsiori 29 Tallinn 15027 Estonia (372) 626 9301 Telephone Fax Web Site (372) 699 22 09 http://www.sm.ee Appointed by Name Luul Gebreab Title President Appointed by Name Helmen Hunter Title Head of the Social Protection Department Ethiopia Ministry of Women, Children and Youth Affairs Address Telephone Fax Web Site Addis Ababa Ethiopia (+251) 935 99 90 78 (+251) 115 52 98 31 http://www.gcao.gov.et Name Title Zenebu Tadesse Woldetsadik Minister Appointed by The Prime Minister's Office Fiji Ministry for Women, Social Welfare and Poverty Alleviation Address Name Jiko Luveni P.O.
Box 2127, Government Buildings/ 5th Floor, Civic Towers Suva Fiji 679) 331 2681 (679) 331-2357 http://fiji.gov.fj Telephone Fax Web Site Title Minister Appointed by 6 Finland Ministry of Social Affairs and Health Address Meritullinkatu 8.
PO Box 33 Government Helsinki FI-00023 Finland + 358 295 16001 Name Susanna Huovinen Title Minister http://www.stm.fi/en/frontpage Appointed by the Government of Finland Telephone Fax Web Site Finland Office of the Ombudsperson for Equality PO Box 33 Address Fin-00023 Finland (358) 9 1607 4465 (358) 9 1607 4582 http://www.tasa-arvo.fi Telephone Fax Web Site Name Pirkko Mäkinen Title Ombudsman for Equality Appointed by Government of Finland France Ministère des Affaires sociales, de la Santé et des Droits des femmes Address Name Marisol Touraine http://www.social-sante.gouv.fr/ Appointed by Le Premier Ministre Title Ministre France Ministère des Affaires sociales, de la Santé et des Droits des femmes Address Name Nathalie Tournyol du Clos 14 avenue Duquesne Paris 07 SP 75350 France 01 40 56 60 00 14 avenue Duquesne Paris 75350 France +33 1 53 86 11 00 Telephone Fax Web Site Telephone Fax Web Site Title Cheffe du service des droits des femmes et de l'egalité +33 1 53 86 11 32 Appointed by 6 Gabon Ministére de la Famille et des affaires sociales Address Centre-ville B.P 264 Libreville Gabon (241) 76 17 77 (241) 76 44 69 Gambia Department of Sate for Wolmen's Affairs Address State House Banjul Gambia (220) 4227 605 Telephone Fax Web Site Telephone Fax Web Site Name Honorine Nzet Biteghe Title Ministre Appointed by Name Aja Isatou Njie-Saidy Title Vice President and Secretary of States for Women's Affairs (220) 4201 463 http://www.accessgambia.com/information/womens- affairs-department.html Appointed by Georgia Humans Rights Council Address State Chancellery, 7 Ingorokva Street 0114 Tbilisi 0114 Georgia Telephone Fax Web Site Name Sophia Japaridze Title Asisstant to the Primer Minsiter on Human Rights and Gender Equality issues.
Appointed by the Prime Minister Germany Federal Ministry for Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth Address Name Manuela Schwesig 11018 Berlin Berlin 10117 Germany 49 30 201 791 30 Telephone Fax Web Site Title Minister www.bmfsfj.de Appointed by 6 Ghana Ministry of Women and Children's Affairs Address P.O.
Box MB 186 Accra Ghana (233-21) 688180 - 1 (233-21) 688 182 Greece General Secretariat for Gender Equality Address 8 Dragatsaniou Street Athens 105 59 Greece +30 213 1511 102 and 103 Name Nana Oye Lithur Title Minister for Gender, Children and Social Protection Appointed by The Government of Ghana Name Vasso Kollias Title Secretary General for Gender Equality +30 210 3231 316 http://www.isotita.gr Appointed by Grenada Ministry of Social Development, Housing and Community Development Address Name Elizabeth Henry-Greenidge Telephone Fax Web Site Telephone Fax Web Site Telephone Fax Web Site Ministerial Complex, Botanical Gardens St. Georges Grenada (473) 440-2255 (473) 440-4116 http://www.gov.gd Guatemala Secretaria Presidencial de la Mujer - SEPREM Address 6a.
Ave. 1-27 Zona 4 Edificio Mini, 4o.
nivel Ala Sur Guatemala (502) 2207-9400 Telephone Fax Web Site Title Permanent Secretary Appointed by Name Ms. Irma Elizabeth Quiroa Cuellar Title Secretaria Ejecutiva www.seprem.gob.gt Appointed by El Presidente de la Republica 6 Guatemala Defensoría de la Mujer de la Procuraduría de los Derechos Humanos Address Name 12 Avenida 12-54 Zona 1 Guatemala Guatemala (502) 2424 1717 Miriam Josefina Dominguez Sebastian Title Defensora de la Mujer Telephone Fax Web Site www.pdh.org.gt Appointed by Guinea Ministry of Women and Children Address P.O.
Box 527 Guinea (224) 41 22 19/ 55 75 34 (224) 41 46 69 Telephone Fax Web Site Name Title Hadja Makoura Sylla Minister Appointed by Guinea-Bissau Ministère de la Femme, de la Famille et de la Cohésion Sociale Address Name Bilony Nhasse B. P. 716 Bissau Guinea-Bissau (245) 320 46 05 (245) 320 4785 Telephone Fax Web Site Title Ministre Appointed by Guyana Ministry of Labour, Human Services and Social Security Name 1 Water Street, Starbroek Address Georgetown Guyana (592) 225-4362 (592) 223-7585 Title Telephone Fax Web Site Appointed by Nanda K. Gopaul Minister 6 Haiti Ministére a la Condition féminine at aux Droits des femmes 2 Angle Rue Biassou et Louverture Address Delmas 31 Port au Prince Haiti (509) 249-5911 (509) 249-5912 Name Title Telephone Fax Web Site Honduras National Institute of Women (INAM) Address Colonia Lara, Calle Benito Juarez, Edificio AHPROCAFE #3701 Tegucigalpa Honduras (504) ) 221-4826 / 4832 (504) 221- 4827 Telephone Fax Web Site Marie-Yanick Mezile Minister Appointed by Name Maria Antonieta Botto Title Ministra Appointed by Hungary Ministry of Social Affairs and Labour and Council for Gender Equality Address Name 1054 Budapest, Alkotmany u.3 Budapest 1054 Hungary (36) 1 428 9743 (36) 1 428 9742 http://www.szmm.gov.hu/main.php?folderID=16271 Appointed Title Telephone Fax Web Site László Herczog Minister Hungary Subcommittee on Gender Equality Széchenyi Rakpart 19 Address Budapest 1358 Hungary (36) 1 441 50 35 (36) 1 441 59 86 Telephone Fax Web Site by Name Tamas Luckas Title Chairperson Appointed by 6 Iceland Ministry of Social Affaris and Housing Address Telephone Fax Web Site Reykjavik Iceland 00354 460 6200 00354 460 6201 www.jafnretti.is India Ministry of Women and Child Development Address 14 Ashoka Road New Delhi 110 001 India (11) 23 35 9241 (11) 23 35 7088 http://wcd.nic.in Telephone Fax Web Site India National Commission for Women Address 4, Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Marg New Delhi 110002 India (11) 23 23 4918 / 7166 Telephone Fax Web Site Name Title Eygló Harðardóttir Minister Appointed by Name Maneka Sanjay Gandhi Title Honorable Minister Appointed by President of India Name Mamta Sharma Title Chairperson http://ncw.nic.in Appointed by Indonesia Ministry of Women Empowerment and Child Protection Address Name Yohana Susana Yembise Jl.
Medan Merdeka Barat no.

15 Jakarta 10110 Indonesia (62 21) 380-5563 - 3842638 (62 21) 380-5562 - 380-5559 www.menegpp.go.id Telephone Fax Web Site Title Minister Appointed by 6 Iran (Islamic Republic of) Center for Women and Family Affairs Address No.
12, Henry Corbin St, Neauphle- le-Chateau, Hafez Ave, Tehran Iran (Islamic Republic of) (98-21) 6671 4078 (98-21) 6671 0465 http://www.women.gov.ir Telephone Fax Web Site Iraq State Ministry of Women Affairs (SMWA) Address General Secretariat of the Council of Ministers, Floor # 11, International Zone Baghdad Iraq 00964 (0)771435192 Telephone Fax Web Site Name Shahindokht Molaverdi Title Head of Center for Women and Family Affairs Appointed by The President of the Islamic Republic of Iran Name Noori Bayan Title Minister http://smwa.gov.iq/ Appointed by The new government under the chairman of Prime Minister, Dr. Hiader Al-Ebadi Iraq High Council of Women Affairs Address Opposite European Dental Center, Erbil Baghdad Iraq 00964(0)7504450846 Name Pakhshan Zangana Title Secretary-General Appointed by President of Kurdistan Region Telephone Fax Web Site Ireland Department of Justice and Equality 94 St. Stephen's Green Address Dublin 2 Ireland 353 1 602 8202 353 1 661 5461 http://www.justice.ie Telephone Fax Web Site Name Frances Fitzgerald Title Mnister Appointed by 6 Israel Ministry for the Advancement of Young People, Students and Women, Prime Minister's Office Address Gila Gamliel-Demri Name Israel The Authority for the Advancement of the Status of Women Address Name Vered Swid 3 Kaplan St. Jerusalem 91919 Israel (972) 2-6706165 (972) 2 5638693 3 Kaplan Street Hakirya Jerusalem 91950 Israel (972-2) 670 7131 (972-2) 670 7123 www.pmo.gov.il Telephone Fax Web Site Telephone Fax Web Site Telephone Fax Web Site Italy Ministry for Equal Opportunities Address Largo Chigi 19 Rome 187 Italy +39 06 67 79 22 12 +39 06 67 79 22 13 www.pariopportunita.gov.it; www.retepariopportunita.it Jamaica Office of the Prime Minister Address Office of the Prime Minister 1 Devon Road Kingston 10 Jamaica 1 888 429 5500 (toll free) Telephone Fax Web Site Title Deputy Minister Appointed by The Prime Minister of Israel Title Director Appointed by The Prime Minister's Office Name Giovanna Martelli Title Vacant Appointed by Name Sandrea Falconer Title Minister without Portfolio (with responsibility for Gender) (876) 968-8229 Appointed by 6 Japan Gender Equality Bureau Cabinet Office 1-6-1 Nagata-cho Chiyoda-ku Address Tokyo 100-8914 Japan (81-3) 5253 2111 Telephone Fax Web Site http://www.gender.go.jp/english_contents/index.html Appointed by Name Masako Mori Title Minister Jordan Ministry of Labour Address Amman 11118 Jordan Telephone Fax Web Site 962-6-5802663 www.mol.gov.jo Name Laila Shubaki Title Chief of Wolmen's Work Unit Appointed by Jordan Jordanian National Commission for Women (JNCW) Address Name Basma Bint Talal P. O.
Box 2015 Amman 11181 Jordan (962-6) 5526768 (962-6) 5827350 http://www.jncw.jo Title President Appointed by Kazakhstan The National Commission for Women Affairs and Family - Demographic Policy Address Name Gulshara Abdykalikova Astana Astana 010000 Kazakhstan +7 (7172) 74 59 65; +7 (7172) 74 59 67 Telephone Fax Web Site Telephone Fax Web Site Title Secretary of State, Chairwoman Appointed by The President of Kazakhstan 6 Kenya National Gender and Equality Commission Address P.O.
box 27512 -0056 Nairobi Kenya 254 (020) 271 6238 254 (020) 272 7776 www.ngeckenya.org Telephone Fax Web Site Kenya Ministry of Devolution and Planning Address 10th Floor Harambee House, Harambee Avenue Nairobi 00100 Kenya Telephone Fax Web Site Kiribati Ministry for Women, Youth and Sports Kiribati Address (686) 28 270/ 29 568 Telephone Fax (686) 21 133/ 29 267 Web Site Kuwait Women's Affairs Committee Address Yarmouk Block 2 Abdulaziz Bin Baz Street, Building #21 Kuwait Kuwait (965) 2531 8841/42/43 (965) 2532 3377 Telephone Fax Web Site Winfred Lichuma Chairperson and Commissioner Name Title Appointed by Name Ann Waiguru Title Cabinet Secretary Appointed by Name Title Tangariki Tekia Reete Minister Appointed by Name Sheikha Latifa Al-Sabah Title Chairperson Appointed by 6 Kyrgyzstan The Ministry of Social Development of the Kyrgyz Republic Address Name Nazgul Beisheeva Tynystanova 215 Bishkek City 720003 Kyrgyzstan +996 312 620837 +996 312 620837 www.mlsp.kg Telephone Fax Web Site Lao People's Democratic Republic Ministry of Labor and Social Welfare Address P.O.
Box 347 Vientiane Lao People's Democratic Republic (856-21) 213 005 (856-21) 252 685 Telephone Fax Web Site Title Minister Appointed by The Government of the Kyrgyz Republic Name Onchanh Thammavong Title Appointed by Prime Minister Latvia Ministry of Welfare of the Republic of Latvia Skolas Str.
28 Address Riga LV 1331 Latvia (371) 670 21600 (371) 672 76445 www.lm.gov.lv Telephone Fax Web Site Name Uldis Augulis Title Minister Appointed by Latvia Ombudsman's Office Address Baznicas iela 25 Riga LV-1010 Latvia 371 67686768 371 67244074 http://www.tiesibsargs.lv Telephone Fax Web Site Name Juris Jansons Title Ombudsman Appointed by National Parliament 6 Lebanon The National Commission for Lebanese Women Address Hazmieh, Inernational main road - Chahine Center - Second Fl.
Lebanon (961-5) 955-101/2 Telephone Fax Web Site (961-5) 955-103 www.nclw.org.lb Lesotho Ministry of Gender, Youth, Sport and Recreation Address 3rd Floor Post Office Building P. O.
Box 729 Maseru Lesotho (266) 22 31 10 06 (266) 22 31 10 06 http://www.gov.ls/gender/ Telephone Fax Web Site Liberia Ministry of Gender & Development Address UN Drive and Gurley Street Monrovia Liberia 05 831 000 Telephone Fax Web Site http://mogdliberia.com/ Appointed by Name Lama Badreddine Salam Title First Lady and President of the National Commission for Lebanese Women Appointed by Virtue of Decree-Law No.195 dated September 5, 2008 Name Thesele Maseribane Title Minister Appointed by The Government Name Julia Duncan-Cassel Title Minister Libya Ministry of Culture and Civil Society Libya Address Telephone 00218-925664427 Fax Web Site Name Title Nagat Milud Mohammad Women and Children Department Appointed by 6 Liechtenstein Office of Equal Opportunity Address Stadtle 38 Postfach 684 Vaduz FL-9490 Liechtenstein (423) 236-6060 (423) 236- 6560 www.scg.llv.li Name Bernadette Kubik-Risch Title Director Appointed by The Government Lithuania Ministry of Social Security and Labour Address Name A. Vivulskio Str.
10-26 Vilnius 03221 Lithuania (370-5) 266 4237 (370-5) 266 4267 http://www.socmin.lt/en/home.html Appointed by Title Algimanta Pabedinskiené Minister The Government Telephone Fax Web Site Telephone Fax Web Site Telephone Fax Web Site Telephone Fax Web Site Luxembourg Ministry for Equal Opportunities Address 19-21, Boulevard Royal Luxembourg L-2921 Luxembourg (352) 247 85814 (352) 24 18 86 http://www.mega.public.lu Luxembourg Centre pour l'Egalité de traitement Address B.P.
2026 Luxembourg L-1020 Luxembourg (352) 26 48 30 33 (352) 26 48 38 73 www.cet.lu Name Lydia Mutsch Title Ministre Appointed by The Grand Duke of Luxembourg Name Mario Huberty Title chargée de direction Appointed by 6 Madagascar Ministère de la Population, de la Protection Sociale et de la Promotion de la femme Address Eléonore Raharisoa Johasy Name Antananarivo 101 Madagascar Telephone Fax Web Site http://www.population.gov.mg/ Appointed by Title Ministre Malawi Ministry of Gender, Children Development and Community Development Address Name Patricia Annie Kaliati Gemini House, City Centre Private Bag 303, Lilongwe 3 Malawi (265) 770 411/740/203 (265) 770 826 Telephone Fax Web Site Title Member of Parliament Appointed by President of the Republic of Malawi Malaysia Ministry of Women, Family and Community Development Address Name Datuk Rohani Abdul Karim No.
55, Persiaran Perdana Presint 4 Putrajaya 62100 Malaysia (603) 8000 8000 (603) 8323 2000 www.kpwkm.gov.my Telephone Fax Web Site Maldives Ministry of Law and Gender Address 2nd Floor Fen Building Ameenee magu Malé 20-156 Maldives (960) 332 8887 (960) 332 8889 www.mgf.gov.mv Telephone Fax Web Site Title Minister Appointed by Name Uz Mohamed Anil Title Attorney General Appointed by The President 6 Mali Ministry of Women, Children and Family Badalabougou Rue 109 P.G9 Address Bamako BP 2688 Mali (223) 222 6659/226660 (223) 2 227 524 Telephone Fax Web Site Name Oumou Ba Sangare Title Minister Appointed by Décret du Président de la République Malta National Commission for the Promotion of Equality (NCPE) Gattard House National Road, Address Blata I-Bajda HMR 9010 Malta (356) 2590 3850 (356) 2590 3851 http//www.equality.gov.mt Telephone Fax Web Site Name Title Appointed by Laiviera Rennee Executive Director NCPE The Government of Malta Marshall Islands Ministry of Internal Affairs P. O.
Box 18 Address Majuro 96960 Marshall Islands Telephone Fax Web Site Mauritania Ministry of Social, Child and Family Affairs Address Nouakchott Mauritania Telephone Fax Web Site Name David Kabua Title Minister Appointed by Name Title Lemina Mint Khtob Ould Momma Minister http://www.promotionfeminine.gov.mr/femme Appointed by Le Président de la République 6 Mauritius Ministry of Gender Equality, Child Development and Family Welfare 7th Floor, Newton Tower, Sir William NEwton Address Street Port Louis Mauritius (230) 405 3331 (230) 208 0126 http://gender.gov.mu/English/Pages/default.aspx Appointed Telephone Fax Web Site Name Title Marie-Aurore Marie- Joyce Perraud Minister The President Mexico Instituto Nacional de las Mujeres Address Calle Alfonso Esparza Oteo No.
119 Col. Guadalupe Inn, Del.

Alvaro Obregon Mexico 01020 Mexico (52) 55 53224200 (52) 55 53224203 http://www.inmujeres.gob.mx Telephone Fax Web Site by Name Lorena Cruz Sanchez Title Presidenta Appointed by President of the Republic Micronesia (Federated States of) National Women's Program Dept.
of Health, Education and Social Affairs Address Telephone Fax Web Site Micronesia (Federated States of) Appointed by Name Title 691 320 2330 Jane Elymore Women's Officer Monaco Département des Affaires sociales et de la Santé, Address Name Fabre Candice Ministere d'Etat, Place de la Visitation Monaco MC98000 Monaco +377 98 98 80 00 (377) 98 98 19 99 Telephone Fax Web Site Title Secrétaire en Chef Appointed by 6 Mongolia Ministry of Population Development and Social Protection Address Chingeltei district, United Nations Street - 5 Ulaanbaatar Mongolia (976 11) 264197 (976 11) 328634 http://khun.gov.mn/index.php/en/home.html Appointed Name Title Telephone Fax Web Site Sodnomzundui Erdene Minister Montenegro Ministry of Human and Minority Rights Address Bulevar Svetog Petra Cetinjskog Podgorica 81 000 Montenegro +382 20 404 534 +382 20 404 534 www.skupstina.me Telephone Fax Web Site Telephone Fax Web Site Montenegro Department for Gender Equality Address Stanka Dragojevica 2 Podgorica 81 000 Montenegro +382 20 244 145 +382 20 244 149 www.gender.gov.me by Name Nada Drobnjak Title Head of Office Appointed by Name Irena Boskovic Title Coordinator of the Department Appointed by The Parliament Morocco Ministry for Solidarity, Women, Family and Social Development Address Name Bassima Hakkaoui 47, Avenue 1BN Sina, Rabat Morocco (212) 537 68 40 60 (212 ) 537 67 19 67 www.social.gov.ma Telephone Fax Web Site Title Minister of Social Development Appointed by HH King Mohammed VI 6 Mozambique Ministry of Women's Affairs and Social Welfare Address Rua de Tchamba 86/ Post Box CP 516 Maputo Mozambique (258) 21 490921 (258) 21 492757 Name Iolanda Maria Pedro Campos Cintura Title Minister Appointed by Telephone Fax Web Site Myanmar Myanmar National Working Committee for Women's Affairs Address Name 64, Kabaaye Pagoda Road Yangoon Myanmar 95- 1 650 493 95- 1 650 002 http://mncwa.tripod.com/mncwa/ Telephone Fax Web Site Namibia Ministry of Gender Equality and Child Welfare Address Juvenis Building, Independence Avenue Windhoek Namibia
 (264-61) 28 33 111 (264-61) 23 89 41 Telephone Fax Web Site Nauru Ministry for Home Affairs Address Yaren District Nauru 674 444 3133 674 444 3188 Telephone Fax Web Site Title Minister Appointed by The Chairman Name Rosalia Nghidinwa Title Minister Appointed by H. E. The President of the Republic of Namibia Name Title Charmaine Scotty Minister Appointed by 6 Nepal Ministry of Women, Children and Social Welfare Address Singha Durbar Kathmandu Nepal Telephone Fax Web Site Name Neelam KC (Khadka) Title Minister www.mowcsw.gov.np Appointed by Government of Nepal Netherlands Ministry of Education, Culture and Science Address Rynstraat 50 P.O.Box 16375 the Hague 2500 BJ Netherlands 3170 412 34 56 3170 412 34 50 Telephone Fax Web Site New Zealand Ministry of Women's Affairs Address Level 2, Revera House, 48 Mulgrave Street Wellington 6011 New Zealand (64-4) 915-7112 (64-4) 916-1604 http://www.mwa.gov.nz Nicaragua Ministerio de la Mujer Address Telephone Fax Web Site Telephone Fax Web Site Planes de Altamira No 7 Hotel Princess, 2 cuadras al Sur 49 varas Abajo Nicaragua (505) 2278-0058/ 2523 (505 2270-3644 http://www.minim.gob.ni/ Name Jet Bussemaker Title Minister Appointed by Name Jo Goodhew Title Minister Appointed by Name Arlen Patricia Vargas Padilla Title Directora Appointed by 6 Niger Ministère de la Population, Promotion de la Femme et de la Protection de l'Enfant Address Name Makibi Kadidjatou Dandobi Niamey Niger (227) 72-23-30/72-35-00 Title Minister of Population, Advancement of Women and Child Protection (227) 73-61-65 Appointed by Telephone Fax Web Site Telephone Fax Web Site Telephone Fax Web Site Telephone Fax Web Site Nigeria Federal Ministry of Women Affairs and Social Development Address Name Hajiya Zainab Maina Ahmadu Bello Way, Central Business District Abuja Nigeria (234-9) 290-2382; (234) 803314246 (234-9) 523-3644 / 523 71 12 http://www.womenaffairs.gov.ng/ Norway Ministry of Children, Equality and Social Inclusion Address P.O.
Boxs 8036 Dep, Oslo 0030 Norway 47 22 24 90 90 Title Hon.

Minister Appointed by Name Solveig Horne Title Minister http://www.regjeringen.no/en/dep/bld.html?id=298 Appointed by Norway The Equality and Anti-Discrimination Ombud Address P.O.
box 8048 Dep, Oslo Oslo 31 Norway +47 2405 5950 Name Beate Gangaas Title Ombudsperson www.ldo.no Appointed by 6 Oman Ministry of Social Development Address Muscat Oman (968) 24 605 981 Telephone Fax Web Site http://www.mosd.gov.om Appointed by Name Title Muhammad bin Said al-Kalbani Minister Pakistan Ministry of Law, Justice and Human Rights Address S Block, Pakistan Secretariat Islamabad Pakistan (92-51) 920-2400 (92-51) 920-1722 www.molaw.gov.pk Telephone Fax Web Site Palestine, State of Ministry of Women's Affairs Address Ramallah, Palestine Palestine, State of Telephone Fax Web Site Panama Ministerio de Desarrollo Social Address Av.
Ricardo J. Alfaro Plaza Edison, 4o.
Piso Ciudad de Panama Panama (507) 500 6001 Telephone Fax Web Site Name Pervaiz Rashid Title Minister Appointed by Government of Pakistan Name Title Bassam ElKhatib Minister Appointed by Consensus Government Name Alcibíades Vásquez Velázques Title Ministro http://www.mides.gob.pa/ Appointed by 6 Papua New Guinea Ministry for Religion, Youth and Community Development Address Name Dellilah Pueka Gore P O Box 7354 Boroko Papua New Guinea (675) 327 7393 (675) 325 0120 Paraguay Ministerio de la Mujer Address Telephone Fax Web Site Telephone Fax Web Site Edificio Ayfra, Piso 13 Presidente Franco 780 Esquina Ayolas Asunción Paraguay (595-21) 450-036/38 (595-21) 450-041 http://www.mujer.gov.py/ Title Minister Appointed by Name Ana Maria Baiardi Quesnel Title Ministra Appointed by Presidente de la República Peru Ministerio de la Mujer y Personas Vulnerables Jr. Camana 616 Address Lima Peru (51-1) 626-1600 Telephone Name María del Carmen Omonte Durán Title Ministra de la Mujer y Personas Vulnerables Fax Web Site http://www.mimp.gob.pe/ Appointed by Philippines Philippine Commission on Women Address 1145 J. P. Laurel St., San Miguel Manila Manila 1005 Philippines (632) 736-7712 (632) 737-4449 http://www.ncrfw.gov.ph Telephone Fax Web Site Name Remedios Ignacio-Rikken Title Chairperson of the Commission Appointed by The President 6 Poland Ministry of Labour and Social Policy Address street Nowogrodzka 1/3/5, Warsaw 00-513 Poland 22-661-10-00 22-661-13-36 www.mpips.gov.pl Name Wladyslaw Kosiniak-Kamysz Title Minister Appointed by The Prime Minister Telephone Fax Web Site Poland Department for Women, Family and Counteracting Discrimination, Ministry of Labour and Social Policy Address Agnieszka Kozlowska-Rajewicz Name Nowogrodzka 1/3/5 Warsaw 00-513 Poland +48 628 42 19 +48 693 46 60 www.kobieta.gov.pl , www.mpips.gov.pl Telephone Fax Web Site Title Plenipotentiary for Equal Treatment Appointed by The Prime Minister Poland The office of the Plenipotentiary for Equal Treatment Address Kancelaria Prezesa Rady Ministrów, Biuro Pełnomocnika Rządu do Spraw Równego Traktowania, Warszawa, Al.
Ujazdowskie 1/3 00-583 Poland +48 22 694 75 35 +48 22 694 72 34 http://www.rownetraktowanie.gov.pl/kontak http://www.rownetraktowanie.gov.pl/pelnomocnik- rzadu-do-spraw-rownego-traktowania Telephone Fax Web Site Portugal Secretary of State for Parliamentary Affairs and Equality Palácio de S. Bento 1249-068 Address Lisboa 1050-233 Portugal +351 213920500/06 Telephone Name Title Fax +351 213920515 Name Małgorzata FUSZARA Title Appointed by Teresa Morais Secretary of State for Parliamentary Affairs and Equality 6 Web Site www.portugal.gov.pt Appointed by 7 Portugal Commission for Citizenship and Gender Equality Address Av.
de la Replublica 32, Lisbon 1050-193 Portugal (351) 217 983 000 (351) 217 983 098 http://www.cig.gov.pt/ Telephone Fax Web Site Telephone Fax Web Site Telephone Fax Web Site Qatar Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs Address Al Hilal East, Doha.
P.O.Box 22257 Doha Qatar (974) 44241111 / 44241101 (974) 44241796 http://www.scfa.gov.qa Republic of Korea Ministry of Gender Equality and family Address 209, Sejong-daero (Sejong-ro), Jongno-gu, Seoul 100-760 Republic of Korea (82-2) 2100 6000 (82-2) 2075 4782 http://english.mogef.go.kr/index.jsp Name Fatima Duarte Title President Appointed by Name Abdallah Bin Saleh El kheliefy Title President of the Supreme Council for Family Affairs Appointed by The Emiri Decision No (23) of 2009 Name Heeejung KIM Title Minister Appointed by The President of the Republic of Korea Republic of Moldova Ministry of Labour, Social Protection and Family Alecsandri Str.
1 Address Chisinau 2009-MD Republic of Moldova (373) 22 26 93 01 Telephone Fax Web Site (373) 22 26 93 10 http://mmpsf.gov.md/ Name Valentina Buliga Title Vice Prime Minister for Labour, Social Protection and Family Appointed by The Government of the Republic of Moldova 6 Republic of Moldova Government Commission for Equality between Women and Men Address Name Tatiana Potinga 1,National Square St. Chisinau 2033-MD Republic of Moldova (373 22) 250102 (373 22) 242-696 http://gov.md Telephone Fax Web Site Title Vice Prime Minister Appointed by The Prime-Minister of Republic of Molodva Republic of Moldova Department on Gender Equality and violence prevention policies Address Name Lilia Pascal 1, Vasile Alecsandri St. Chisinau 2009-MD Republic of Moldova (373 22) 269 349 (373 22) 269 351 http://mmpsf.gov.md/ Telephone Fax Web Site Title Head of Department Appointed by Minister of Labour, Social Protection and Family Republic of Palau Ministry of Community and Cultural Affairs P.O.
Box 100 Address Koror 96940 Republic of Palau (680) 767 1126 (680) 767 3354 Telephone Fax Web Site Name Baklai Temengil Title Appointed by Romania Ministry of Labour, Family, Social Protection and Elderly Dobrescu Demetru Str.

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4 Address Bucharest Romania (40 21) 313 62 67 Telephone Name Title Ioana Liana Cazacu Deputy Minister and Head of Gender Equality Department Fax Web Site www.mmuncii.ro Appointed by The Government of Romania 6 Russian Federation Ministry of Labour and Social Protection Address 21 Il'inka Str.
Moscow 127994 Russian Federation 7 (495) 606 00 60 7 (495) 606 18 76 Telephone Fax Web Site Telephone Fax Web Site Rwanda Ministry of Gender and Family Promotion Address Sector Kimihurura, District Gasabo, PO B.969 Kigali Rwanda (250) 0-252-587128 (250) 0-252-587127 http://www.migeprof.gov.rw/ Rwanda Rwanda Women Parliamentary Forum Address Parliamentarians Building, Sector Kimihurura, District Gasabo, 3rd.
Floor P.O.Box 352 Kigali Rwanda (250)-0-252-5582894/582961 Telephone Fax Web Site Name Maxim Topilin Title Minister Appointed by Name Gasinzigwa Oda Title Minister Appointed by Prime Minister Name Nyirarukundo Ignatienne Title President Appointed by Elected Rwanda National Women's Council Address Telephone Fax Web Site Sector Remera, District Gasabo, P.O Box 832 Kigali Rwanda +(250)788620884,+(250)788 561 661 Title Name Beatrice Mukasine President www.cnf.gov.rw Appointed by Elected 6 Telephone Fax Web Site Telephone Fax Web Site Telephone Fax Web Site Telephone Fax Web Site Rwanda Gender Monitoring Office Address Sector Remera, District Gasabo, P.O Box 837 Kigali City Rwanda +250 (0) 252581794 +250 (0) 252581795 www.gmo.gov.rw Saint Kitts and Nevis Ministry of Gender Address Church Street Basseterre Saint Kitts and Nevis (869) 465-2521 Ex.t 1090 Name Rose Rwabuhihi Title Chief Gender Monitor Appointed by Name Marcella Liburd Title Minister Appointed by Saint Lucia Ministry of Health, Wellness, Human Services and Gender Relations Address Name Alvina Reynolds 2nd Floor Sir Stanislaus James Building Waterfront Castries Saint Lucia (758) 468 5300 (758) 452 5655 Title Minister Appointed by Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Ministry of National Mobilization, Social Development, Family, Gender affairs, Persons with Disabilities and Youth Address Frederick Stephenson Name 2nd and 3rd Floor DMG Building, Halifax Street next to Scotia Bank.
Kingstown Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (784) 456-1111 ext.
395/396 (784) 457 2476 Title Minister Appointed by 6 Samoa Ministry of Women, Community and Social Development Address Name Government Building, Fourth Floor Apia Samoa (685) 20854 (685) 23665 www.mwcsdgov.ws Telephone Fax Web Site Tolofuaivalelei Falemoe Leiataua San Marino Authority for equal opportunities Address Via Scialoja, 40 Borgo Maggiore 47897 San Marino +378 (0549) 883040 r 41 +378 (0549) 883044 www.salute.sm Telephone Fax Web Site Telephone Fax Web Site San Marino Commission for Equal Opportunities Address Via Scialoja, 40 Borgo Maggiore 47893 San Marino (378) 0549-883040; 883041 (378) 0549-883044 www.salute.sm Title Minister Appointed by Name Susy Serra Title Coordinator Appointed by Name Ms. Patrizia Gallo Title Coordinator Appointed by the Commission Sao Tome and Principe Ministère du Travail, de la Solidarité, de la Femme et de la Famille Address Name Maria Tome Rue Patrice Lumumba Sao Tomé 23 Sao Tome and Principe Telephone Fax Web Site Title Ministre du Travail,de la Solidarité Appointed by Le Conseil des Ministres avec un Decret 6 Saudi Arabia Ministry of Social Affairs Address Omar bin Al-Khattab Street Riyadh 11157 Saudi Arabia (9661) 4778888-011 (9661) 478 7336 www.mosa.gov.sa Name Soliman Bin Saad Al Hameed Title Appointed by Senegal Ministère de la femme de la famille et des enfants Address Building Administratif 6eme Etage BP4050 Dakar Senegal (221) 33 849 70 61 Name Anta Sarr Diako (221) 33 822 94 90 http://www.famille.gouv.sn/ Appointed by Title Ministre de la femme de la famille et des enfents Serbia Minister of Labour, Employment, Veteran and Social Affairs Address Name Aleksandar Vulin Nemanjina 22-26 Belgrade Serbia 011/3615 677 Title Minister http://www.minrzs.gov.rs/cir/o- ministarstvu Appointed by The Government of Serbia Telephone Fax Web Site Telephone Fax Web Site Telephone Fax Web Site Seychelles Ministry for Community Development, Social Affairs and Sports Address Name Vincent Meriton Oceangate House, P. O.
Box 731 Victoria Seychelles (248) 4225477 (248) 4224081 www.genderseychelles.gov.sc Telephone Fax Web Site Title Minister Appointed by 6 Sierra Leone Ministry of Social Welfare, Gender and Children’s Affairs Address Name Moijueh Emmanuel Kaikaí New England Ville Freetown Sierra Leone 23 27 6268 318 23 27 6757 96 Title Minister Appointed by The President Singapore Office for Women's Development, Ministry of Social and Family Development (MSF) Address Hwee Seh TAN Name MSF Building, 512 Thomson Road Singapore 298136 Singapore (65) 6354 8168 (65) 6259 0149 www.msf.gov.sg Title Senior Director Appointed by Telephone Fax Web Site Telephone Fax Web Site Slovakia Ministry of Labour, Social Affairs and Family Spitalska 4, 6, 8 Address Bratislava 81643 Slovakia 4212 5975 1814 4212 5292 1271 www.employment.gov.sk Telephone Fax Web Site Name John Richter Title Director Appointed by Slovenia Ministry of Labour, Family, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities Address Name Anja Kopac Mrak Kotnikova 28, Ljubljana SI-1000 Slovenia 386 1 369 77 00 Telephone Fax Web Site Title Minister of Labour, Family, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities 386 1 369 78 32 http://www.mddsz.gov.si/en/ Appointed by The Government of Slovenia 6 Solomon Islands Ministry of Women, Youth and Children's Affairs Address P.O.
Box G-11 Honiara Solomon Islands (677) 28602 ext.
201 (677) 25591 Telephone Fax Web Site Name Peter Tom Title Minister Appointed by Somalia Ministry of Women and Family Affairs Address 1 Villa Mogadishu Somalia (252-1) 217147 (252-1) 227477 http://www.mowfa.somaligov.net/The%20Minister.html Appointed Name Title Khadija Mohamed Dirie Minister Telephone Fax Web Site by South Africa Ministry of Women in the Presidency of The Republic of South Africa Address Name Susan Shabangu Private Bag X-931 1 South Africa 012 359 0011/ 0013 012 326 0473 Telephone Fax Web Site Title Minister Appointed by South Sudan Ministry of Gender and Social Development P.O.Box 80 Address Juba South Sudan 211 955 191605 Telephone Fax Web Site Name Awut Deng Acuil Title Minister Appointed by 6 Spain Ministerio de Sanidad, Servicios Sociales e Igualdad Address Name Alfonso Alonso Aranegui Paseo del Prado, nº 18 - 20 Madrid 28071 Spain (34 91) 400 100 (34 91) 524-3236 www.msssi.gob.es Telephone Fax Web Site Title Ministro Appointed by the President Spain Secretaría de Estado de Servicios Sociales e Igualdad Paseo del Prado 18-20 Address Madrid E – 28071 Spain +34 91 5243203 Title Name Telephone Fax Web Site Susana Camarero Benitez Secretaria de Estado Appointed by Government of Spain Sri Lanka Ministry of Child Development and Women's Affairs Address Name Tissa Karalliyadda 3rd and 5th floor, Sethsiripaya Stage II Battaramulla Sri Lanka 94-11 2186057 94-11 2187249 http://www.childwomenmin.gov.lk/ Telephone Fax Web Site Sudan Ministry of Welfare and Social Security Address Samoa St. Sudan +249 777-633/ 9121-46766 +249 777-633 Telephone Fax Web Site Title Minister Appointed by President of Sri Lanka Name Title Mashair Mohamed Al Amin Dawleib Minister Appointed by The Government of the Republic of Sudan 6 Suriname Ministry of Social Affairs and Housing Address Waterkant #30 Paramaribo Suriname (597) 472340 (597) 470516 Telephone Fax Web Site Name Alice H. Amafo Title Minister Appointed by the Government of the Republic of Suriname Swaziland Gender Coordination Unit, Deputy Prime Minister's Office P.O.
Box A33 Swazi Plaza H101 Address Mbabane Swaziland 268 2404 2723/4 268 2404 4073 www.gov.sz Telephone Fax Web Site Name Title Appointed by Sweden Ministry of Integration and Gender Equality Address Name Rosenbad 4 Postal address SE-103 33 Stockholm SE 103 33 Sweden +46 8 405 10 00 +46 8 24 71 52 http://www.sweden.gv.se/sb/d/4096 Appointed by Title Paul Dlamini Deputy Prime Minister Åsa Charlotte Regnér Minister Telephone Fax Web Site Telephone Fax Web Site Sweden The Equality Ombudsman Address PO Box 3686 Stockholm 103 59 Sweden 46 8 120 20 700 46 8 120 20 800 http://www.do.se/en/ Name Katri Linna Title Desk Officer Appointed by 6 Switzerland Federal Commission for Women’s Issues EKF Address Schwarztorstrasse 51 Bern 3003 Switzerland (41-31) 322-9275 (41-31) 322-9281 www.ekf.admin.ch Schwarztorstrasse 51 Berne 3003 Switzerland 41 58 462 68 43 41 58 462 92 81 www.ebg.admin.ch Telephone Fax Web Site Telephone Fax Web Site Switzerland Federal Office for Gender Equality FOGE Address Syrian Arab Republic Syrian Family Commission Address West Mazzeh, Al-Ghazawi Str.
Damascus Syrian Arab Republic (963) 11 6122637 (963) 11 6123911 www.scfa.gov.sy Telephone Fax Web Site Tajikistan Committee on Women and Family Affairs Address 14 Lohuti Street Dushanbe 734013 Tajikistan (992) 37 221 34 71 (992) 37 221 34 71 Telephone Fax Web Site Name Etiennette J. Verrey Title President Appointed by Département Fédéral de l'Intérieur Name Sylvie Durrer Title Directrice Appointed by The government of Switzerland Name Hadeel Al-Asmar Title Chairperson Appointed by Presidential decree Name Mahrifat Khadirova Title Chairperson Appointed by The Government of the Republic of Tajikistan 6 Thailand Office of Women's Affairs and Family Development Address Name Somchai Charoen Suk No.255 area Rajvithi Home for Girls, Road Sukhumvit Phayathai Bangkok 10400 Thailand +66 2306 8746 Title Director http://www.owf.go.th/wofa/start.php Appointed by Ministry for Social Development and Human Security Telephone Fax Web Site Telephone Fax Web Site Telephone Fax Web Site The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs Address Name Dime Spasov Blvd.
Llinden No.
2 Skopje 1000 The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia 389 2 3118 022 http://vlada.mk/?language=en-gb Appointed by Parliament Title Minister Timor Leste Secretary of State for the Promotion of Equality Address Palacio do Governo, Avenida Prezidente Nicolau Lobato Dili Timor Leste 670 333 9807 Name Isabel Guterres Title Secretary of State for the Promotion of Equality 670 333 1099 http://sepi.gov.tl/home?lang=en Appointed by Prime Minister Togo Ministry of the Promotion of Women Address Rue de la Solidarite B.P.369 Lome Togo 288-216-879 288-222-575 Telephone Fax Web Site Name Patricia Dagban-Zonvide Title Minister Appointed by 6 Tonga Ministry of Education and Training Hala Vuna Nukualofa Address Tongatapu 00676 Tonga (676) 24 220 (676) 23 596 http://www.tongaeducation.gov.to/ Telephone Fax Web Site Name Ana Maui Taufe'ulungaki Title Minister Appointed by Trinidad and Tobago Ministry of Gender, Youth and Child Development Address Name Clifton De Coteau Level 21, Tower D, International Waterfront Complex, 1 Wrightson Road Port of Spain Trinidad and Tobago (868) 627 1163 (868) 624 2173 http://www.mgycd.gov.tt Telephone Fax Web Site Title Minister Appointed by Tunisia Ministère de la Femme, de la Famille et de l’Enfance 2 Rue d'Alger B.P.
1001 Address Tunis Tunisia (216) 71 352 666 Telephone Title Name Merai Samira Ministre de la femme, de la famille et de l’enfance Fax Web Site (216) 71 334 881 www.femme.gov.tn Appointed by Le Président du gouvernement Tunisia CREDIF : Centre de Recherches, d’Etudes, de Documentation et d’Information sur la Femme Address Awatef Abdelkarim Name Av.
du Roi Abdeaziz AlSaoud – rue Farhat Ben Afia 2092 El Manar II Tunis Tunisia (216) 71 885 322/ (216) 71 885 717 Telephone Title Directrice des affaires administratives et financières ad interim Fax Web Site (216) 71 887 436 / (216) 71 882 893 www.credif.org.tn Appointed by 6 Turkey Ministry of Family and Social Policies Address Eskisehir Road neighborhood Sogutozu 2177.

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10/A Cankaya, Ankara Turkey 90 312 705 40 00 90 312 705 53 49 http://www.aile.gov.tr/tr Telephone Fax Web Site Turkey General Directorate on the Status of Women Address T.C.
Aile ve Sosyal Politikalar Bakanlığı Eskişehir Yolu Söğütözü Mahallesi 2177.Sokak No:10/A, 21.kat Çankaya Ankara Turkey +90 (312) 705 9101-02 +90 (312) 705 91 92 http://kadininstatusu.aile.gov.tr/ Telephone Fax Web Site Name Aysenur Islam Title Minister Appointed by Name Gülser Ustaoğlu Title General Director Appointed by Turkey Commission on Equal Opportunities for Women and Men in Turkish Grand National Assembly Address İlknur İnceöz Name TBMM Kadın Erkek Fırsat Eşitliği Komisyonu 06543 Bakanlıklar Ankara Turkey +90 312 420 52 95-98 Telephone Title Deputy Minister of Family and Social Policies Fax Web Site +90 312 420 52 97 http://www.tbmm.gov.tr/komisyon/kefe/index.htm Appointed by Turkmenistan Ministry of Labour and Social Protection Address Archabil av.
Building 156 Ashgabat 744000 Turkmenistan (99-312)39 48 05 (99-312) 39 48 74 www.mlsp.gov.tm Telephone Fax Web Site Name Bekmyrat Samyradov Title Minister Appointed by The President of Turkmenistan 6 Tuvalu Ministry of Home Affairs and Rural Development Private Mail Bag Address Funafuti Tuvalu (688) 20172 (688) 20821 Telephone Fax Web Site Name Namoliki Sualiki Title Director of Women Appointed by Uganda Ministry for Gender, Labour and Social Development Address Name Mary Karooro Okrut Plot 2 Lumumba Avenue P.O Box 7136, Kampala Kampala Uganda 256 414-341034/256 772-222150 Telephone Fax Web Site Uganda Ministry of State for Gender and Culture Affairs Address Plot 2 Lumumba Avenue P.O Box 7136, Kampala Uganda 256 414-235545/256392940285 Telephone Fax Web Site Title Minister for Gender, Labour and Social Development Appointed by H.E.
the President of the Republic of Uganda Name Rukia Nakadama Isanga Title Minister Appointed by The President Ukraine Ministry of Social Policy of Ukraine 8/10, Esplanadna Str.

Address Kyiv 01001 Ukraine 380 44 289 54 48; 380 44 226 24 45 380 44 289 00 98 www.mlsp.gov.ua Telephone Fax Web Site Name Lyudmyla Denisova Title Appointed by Minister of Social Policy of Ukraine 6 Ukraine Department of Family and Gender Policy and Combating of Human Trafficking Address Name Natalia Fedorovych 8/10, Esplanadna Str.
Kyiv 01001 Ukraine 38 044 278 25 70 + 38 044 226 24 45 Title Director Telephone Fax Web Site www.msp.gov.ua Appointed by United Arab Emirates General Women's Union Address P O Box 130 Abu Dhabi United Arab Emirates (971) 2 616 1111 (971) 2 616 1110 http://www.wu.gov.ae Telephone Fax Web Site Name Sheikha Fatima bint Mubarak Title President Appointed by United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland Government Equalities Office Address Name Nicky Morgan Home Office 2 Marsham Street London SW1P 4DF United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 0808 800 0082 Telephone Fax Web Site Title Home Secretary and Minister for Women and Equalities www.homeoffice.gov.uk Appointed by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II United Republic of Tanzania Ministry of Community Development, Gender and Children Address Name Telephone Fax Web Site P.O.Box 3448 United Republic of Tanzania (255) 22 211 1459 (255) 22 211 0933 http://www.mcdgc.go.tz/ Sophia M. Simba Title Minister Appointed by The Goverment 6 United States of America Office of Global Women's Issues Address Office of the Senior Advisor to the Secretary of State for Women's Empowerment US Department of State 2201 C Street, NW Washington D.C. 20520 United States of America (202) 647 7282 Name Catherine Russel Title Ambassador-at-large for Global Women's Issues (202) 647 7288 http://www.state.gov/s/gwi/ Appointed by Secretary of State Telephone Fax Web Site Uruguay Instituto Nacional de las Mujeres Av.
18 de Julio 1453 Address Montevideo 11200 Uruguay (598) 2400 0302 (598) 2400 0302 www.inmujeres.gub.uy Telephone Fax Web Site Name Beatriz Ramirez Abella Title Directora Appointed by Ministro de Desarrollo Social Uzbekistan Women's Committee of Uzbekistan Address Navoi Str.
30 Tashkent 100129 Uzbekistan (998 71) 244 1617 Telephone Name Elmira Irkinovna Basitkhanova Title Deputy Prime Minister,Chairperson of the Women's Committee of Uzbekistan Fax Web Site (998 71) 239 40 12 http://www.wcu.uz Appointed by The Government Vanuatu Department of Culture, Religion, Women's Affairs & Archives Address Name Ms. Roselyn Q. Tor PMB 091 Port Vila Vanuatu (678) 25-099 (678) 26-353 Telephone Fax Web Site Title Director Appointed by The Government 6 Venezuela Ministerio del Poder Popular para la Mujer y la Igualdad de Genero Address Name Andreina Tarazon Avenida Lecuna, Parque Central, Torre Este, Piso 4 Caracas Venezuela (58 212) 800-685-3737 Telephone Fax Web Site http://www.minmujer.gob.ve/ Appointed by Title Ministra Venezuela Instituto Nacional de la Mujer Addres s Esquina de jesuitas, Torres Bandagro, pisos 1 al 3 Parroquia Altagracia Caracas Venezuela (0212) 860 8210/14 Teleph one Name Title Judith Lopez Guevara Vicepresid enta del Directorio Ejecutivo de INAMUJER Fax Web Site (0212) 860 8215 http://www.minmujer.gob.ve/inamujer/index.php?option=com_contact&vie w=contact&id=1&Itemid=8 Appoin ted by Viet Nam Ministry of Labour, Invalides and Social Affairs 12 Ngo Quyen T. Hoan Kiem District Address Ha Noi Viet Nam (84-4) 826 9557 (84-4) 734 4073 www.molisa.gov.vn Telephone Fax Web Site Name Pham Thi Hai Chuyen Title Minister Appointed by The Prime Minister Yemen Ministry of Social Affairs and Labour Sana'a Address Yemen (967 1) 274-921 (967 1) 262-806 Telephone Fax Web Site Name Title Appointed by Amat Al-Razzaaq Humad Minister 6 Zambia Ministry of Gender Address New Government Complex 2nd.
Floor Independence Ave. POBox 30208 Lusaka Zambia 260 21 123 0031 260 21 123 0336 Name Inonge Wina Title Minister Appointed by The President of the Republic of Zambia Zimbabwe Ministry of Women Affairs Gender and Community Development Address Name Oppah Muchinguri 20th floor Mukwati Building Cnr.
Livingstone/Fifth Avenue Harare Zimbabwe 263 4 708389 263 4 708065 www.women.gov.zw Telephone Fax Web Site Telephone Fax Web Site Address Telephone Fax Web Site Address Telephone Fax Web Site Title Minister Appointed by Name Title Appointed by Name Title Appointed by 6