Ministry of Women's Affairs (Afghanistan)
Seal of the Ministry of Women's Affairs | |
| Ministry overview | |
|---|---|
| Formed | 2001 |
| Dissolved | 2021 |
| Superseding Ministry | |
| Jurisdiction | Government of Afghanistan |
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The Afghan Ministry of Women's Affairs (MOWA) (Dari: وزارت امور زنان, Pashto: د ښځو چارو وزارت) was a ministry in the Afghan government which was established in late 2001 by the Afghan Interim Administration.
MOWA was the lead agency for promoting women's rights and advancement in Afghanistan. MOWA had a major shift in its strategy from welfare oriented, direct implementing approach to a policy influencing body by 2002.
The last minister of Women's Affairs, appointed in 2015, was Delbar Nazari.
With the announcement by the newly established Taliban government of the Cabinet of Afghanistan on 7 September 2021, the Ministry of Women's Affairs was dissolved and was replaced by the Ministry for the Propagation of Virtue and the Prevention of Vice.