GLOBAL DATABASE ON VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN AND GIRLSCOUNTRY-PROFILEANGOLAMEASURESMINISTRY OF FAMILY AND WOMEN'S AFFAIRS
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ANGOLA | AFRICA
Ministry of Family and Women's Affairs
Type of Measure
Institutional mechanisms
Form of Violence
Domestic violence/Intimate partner violence; Violence against women and girls
Year
1991
Brief Description

The Ministry of Family and Women's Affairs was established in 1991. It is responsible for defining and appling the national policy for the defense of women's rights within the family and of women in society in general.

Source of Information
Website of the Angolan Ministry of Family and Women's Affairs
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