# Minister for Women (New South Wales)

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

| Title | Minister | Party | Ministry | Term start | Term end | Time in office |
| Minister for the Status of Women | Kerry Chikarovski | Liberal | Fahey (3) | 26 May 1993 | 4 April 1995 | 1 year, 313 days |
| Minister for Women | Faye Lo Po' | Labor | Carr (1) (2) (3) | 4 April 1995 | 2 April 2003 | 7 years, 363 days |
| Minister for Women | Sandra Nori | Labor | Carr (4) Iemma (1) | 2 April 2003 | 2 April 2007 | 4 years, 0 days |
| Minister for Women | Verity Firth | Labor | Iemma (2) Rees | 2 April 2007 | 14 September 2009 | 2 years, 165 days |
| Minister for Women | Linda Burney | Labor | Rees | 14 September 2009 | 4 December 2009 | 81 days |
| Minister for Women | Jodi McKay | Labor | Keneally | 8 December 2009 | 28 March 2011 | 1 year, 110 days |
| Minister for Women | Pru Goward | Liberal | O'Farrell Baird (1) (2) | 3 April 2011 | 30 January 2017 | 5 years, 302 days |
| Minister for Women | Tanya Davies | Liberal | Berejiklian (1) | 30 January 2017 | 23 March 2019 | 2 years, 52 days |
| Minister for Mental Health, Regional Youth and Women | Bronnie Taylor | National | Berejiklian (2) Perrottet (1) | 2 April 2019 | 21 December 2021 | 3 years, 360 days |
| Minister for Women | Bronnie Taylor | National | Perrottet (2) | 21 December 2021 | 28 March 2023 | 3 years, 360 days |
| Minister for Women | Jodie Harrison | Labor | Minns | 5 April 2023 | incumbent | 1 year, 221 days |

## 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:
| Title | Minister | Party | Ministry | Term start | Term end | Time in office |
| Minister for Prevention of Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault | Pru Goward | Liberal | Berejiklian (1) | 2 April 2015 | 23 March 2019 | 3 years, 355 days |
| Minister for the Prevention of Domestic Violence | Mark Speakman | Liberal | Berejiklian (2) | 2 April 2019 | 27 May 2021 | 2 years, 263 days |
| Minister for Prevention of Domestic and Sexual Violence | Mark Speakman | Liberal | Berejiklian (2) Perrottet (1) | 27 May 2021 | 21 December 2021 | 2 years, 263 days |
| Minister for Women's Safety and the Prevention of Domestic and Sexual Violence | Natalie Ward | Liberal | Perrottet (2) | 21 December 2021 | 28 March 2023 | 1 year, 97 days |
| Minister for the Environment | Penny Sharpe | Labor | Minns | 28 March 2023 | 5 April 2023 | 8 days |
| Minister for the Prevention of Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault | Jodie Harrison | Labor | Minns | 5 April 2023 | incumbent | 1 year, 221 days |