Directorate of Gender Affairs
Government Administration - Saint John's, Saint John, Antigua and Barbuda
Directorate of Gender Affairs Employees
Directorate of Gender Affairs Details
The Directorate of Gender Affairs is the national gender machinery and focal agency for gender development within the government of Antigua and Barbuda. The Directorate's focus is to promote gender equality in Antigua & Barbuda through gender mainstreaming in all areas of the public and private sectors and to improve gender sensitization through all facets of social and public life. Our mission is to be the leading agency in responding to and advocating for the eradication of persisting gender inequalities and inequities in all forms. We strive to make Antigua & Barbuda a safer, more gender-equal society through: sensitization and awareness, gender mainstreaming, programmes, policies, and community-based action that make a tangible contribution to national development.The Directorate of Gender Affairs works collaboratively with state agencies, private partners, and civil society, faith-based, and non-governmental organisations.
