Ministry of Women and Vulnerable Populations

The Ministry of Women and Vulnerable Populations (Spanish: Ministerio de la Mujer y Poblaciones Vulnerables, MIMP) of Peru is the government ministry in charge of national policy in favor of women and vulnerable populations. Its headquarters is located in Lima, Peru.

Ministry of Women and Vulnerable Populations

Ministerio de la Mujer y Poblaciones Vulnerables
Agency overview
Formed	29 October 1996; 28 years ago (1996-10-29)
Headquarters	616 Jirón Camaná, Lima
Minister responsible	Fanny Montellanos [es]
Website	www.mimp.gob.pe

It is the only ministry in the country's government whose office is exclusive to women. As of 2025^[update], the minister is Fanny Montellanos [es].

History

The ministry was created on October 29, 1996 and was originally named Ministry of the Promotion of Women and of Human Development (Spanish: Ministerio de Promoción de la Mujer y del Desarrollo Humano, PROMUDEH). Its creation was announced by then-president Alberto Fujimori in Cologne during the 1996 Latin American Week and the German Conference on the Latin American Economy. In 2002 it was renamed as Ministry of Women and Social Development.^[1][2]

Subsequently, on July 11, 2002, Organic Law 27779 amended the organization of the Council of Ministers of Peru, which renamed it the Ministry of Women and Social Development (Spanish: Ministerio de la Mujer y Desarrollo Social, MIMDES). However, the Latin American Committee for the Defence of Women's Rights had criticised the possible restructuring of the body.^[3] In 2012, it received its current name.

In 2004, the Order of Merit for Women was established through Supreme Decree 005-2003-MIMDES.

Since 2024, proposals to restructure the ministry to that of "Family and Vulnerable Populations" have been introduced.^[4][5][6]

Organisation

• General Secretariat
• Vice Ministry of Women
  • Directorate-General of Gender Equality and Non-Discrimination
  • Directorate-General of Gender Mainstreaming
  • Directorate-General against Gender Violence
• Vice Ministry of Vulnerable Populations
  • Directorate-General of Population, Development, and Volunteering
  • Directorate-General of Family and Community
  • Directorate-General of Children and Adolescents
  • Directorate-General of Adoptions

Entities administered by the ministry include:

• National Council for the Integration of Persons with Disabilities (CONADIS)
• National Comprehensive Programme for Family Welfare (INABIF)
• National Programme Against Domestic and Sexual Violence
• National Yachay Programme
• National Dignified Life Programme
• Severe Disability Pension Programme

List of ministers

Name	Party	Period
		Term start	Term end
Ministers for the Promotion of Women and of Human Development
Miriam Schenone Ordinola [es]	—	November 5, 1996	January 5, 1999
Luisa María Cuculiza Torre	Cambio 90	January 6, 1999	November 25, 2000
Susana Villarán de la Puente	—	November 25, 2000	July 28, 2001
Doris Sánchez Pinedo [es]	Perú Posible	July 28, 2001	January 21, 2002
Cecilia Blondet Montero [es]	Perú Posible	January 21, 2002	July 12, 2002
Ministers of Women and Social Development
Ana María Romero-Lozada Lauerazzi [es]	—	July 12, 2002	June 28, 2003
Ana Elena Townsend Diez-Canseco	Perú Posible	June 28, 2003	December 15, 2003
Nidia Puelles Becerra [es]	—	December 15, 2003	December 19, 2003
Ana María Romero-Lozada Lauerazzi [es]	—	December 19, 2003	July 28, 2006
Virginia Borra Toledo	APRA	July 28, 2006	December 20, 2007
Susana Pinilla Cisneros	APRA	December 20, 2007	October 14, 2008
Carmen Vildoso Chirinos	—	October 14, 2008	June 12, 2009
Nidia Vílchez Yucra	APRA	June 12, 2009	September 14, 2010
Virginia Borra Toledo	APRA	September 14, 2010	July 28, 2011
Aída García-Naranjo Morales	Partido Socialista	July 28, 2011	December 11, 2011
Ministers of Women and Vulnerable Populations
Ana Jara Velásquez	PNP	December 11, 2011	February 24, 2014
Carmen Omonte Durand [es]	Perú Posible	February 24, 2014	February 17, 2015
Marcela Huaita Alegre	—	February 17, 2015	July 28, 2016
Ana María Romero-Lozada Lauerazzi [es]	—	July 28, 2016	July 27, 2017
Ana María Choquehuanca	PPK	July 27, 2017 March 23, 2018	March 23, 2018 April 2, 2018
Ana María Mendieta Trefogli	PPK	April 2, 2018	March 11, 2019
Gloria Montenegro Figueroa	APP	March 11, 2019	August 6, 2020
Rosario Sasieta Morales [es]	—	August 6, 2020	November 10, 2020
Patricia Teullet Pipoli	—	November 12, 2020	November 17, 2020
Silvia Loli Espinoza	—	November 18, 2020	July 29, 2021
Anahí Durand	Nuevo Perú	July 29, 2021	February 1, 2022
Katy Ugarte Mamani [es]	Perú Libre	February 1, 2022	February 8, 2022
Diana Miloslavich Túpac	—	February 8, 2022	August 24, 2022
Claudia Dávila Moscoso	—	August 24, 2022	November 24, 2022
Heidy Juárez Calle	Podemos Perú	November 24, 2022	December 7, 2022
Grecia Rojas Ortiz	—	December 10, 2022	January 13, 2023
Nancy Tolentino Gamarra [es]	—	January 13, 2023	April 1, 2024
Ángela Hernández Cajo	Somos Perú	April 1, 2024	January 31, 2025
Fanny Montellanos [es]	—	January 31, 2025	Incumbent

See also

• Women in Peru