Women’s Dept. Now Family Support and Gender Affairs Department

The Ministry of Human Development has rebranded the Women’s Department as the Family Support and Gender Affairs Department. This change, announced today in a Cabinet Brief, reflects the Ministry’s commitment to equality and inclusion. We reached out to Minister Dolores Balderamos-Garcia for more details on this update.

 

On the Phone: Dolores Balderamos-Garcia, Minister of Human Development

“I think the name change, and of course names are important, the name change reflects the focus of our ministry in the modern day, much better than when we were just saying Women’s Department or Family Department. I think we wanted to signal that we are inclusive. As you know the motto of our ministry is equality and inclusion and we wanted to signal that not only do we deal with women, but we also support families, children, men and the most important word of course is gender. So it is Family Support and Gender Affairs Department. We are not just signaling to the Belizean people that we are only looking at women. Gender is a set of issues that have to do with men, women, children and all the roles we play.”