The Ministry of Child Development & Women's Affairs was established at the end of year 2005, for the first time in Sri Lanka, in order to focus on the wide area covering the affairs related to child development and empowerment of women. Ever since, this ministry plays the key role in policy and strategy development, planning coordination and implementation of programs on child development and empowerment of women.
Main activities of this ministry are handled by two sections of child development and women's empowerment. All the functions are executed through the organizational set up that consist of the Probation & Childcare Services Department, National Child Protection Authority, Children's Secretariat, Women's Bureau of Sri Lanka and the National committee on Women.
