Ministry of Women and Child Affairs

What Ministry of Women and Child Affairs does

The Ministry of Women and Child Affairs is a Sri Lankan government ministry established on November 25, 2024 under Gazette Extraordinary No. 2412/08. It formulates and implements policy concerning women's rights, empowerment, child protection, welfare, and early childhood development, while coordinating the National Committee on Women, Women's Bureau of Sri Lanka, National Child Protection Authority, Department of Probation and Childcare Services, and National Secretariat for Early Childhood Development. Its principal beneficiaries are women and children across Sri Lanka, with government administrative units and statutory bodies serving as implementing counterparts.

The ministry distributes public services through national helplines, including 1929 for children and 1938 for women, as well as affiliated departments, a ministry contact center, and provincial and divisional administrative channels. Its disclosed technology surface consists of a multilingual official website, mobile or digital service interfaces such as the child-protection app and e-Market women entrepreneur platform, and telephone-based support; no proprietary core technology, system architecture, APIs, or SDKs are disclosed. As a government state entity, it has no commercial pricing model, and commercial revenue is not publicly disclosed.

Name

Ministry of Women and Child Affairs

Legal name

Ministry of Women and Child Affairs

Website

https://childwomenmin.gov.lk

Company type

Private

Founded year

2024

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

251–500 employees

Short description

The Ministry of Women and Child Affairs formulates and implements Sri Lankan government policy, services, and protection programs for women and children through national bodies, helplines, digital platforms, and regional administrative channels.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Public Social Welfare Administration

NAICS

Executive, Legislative, and Other General Government Support (921), Child and Youth Services (62411), Child Care Services (6244)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300)

akta.pro primary industry

State/Provincial Human Services & Benefits Administration (Welfare, Disability, Child & Family) (BPAIABAI)

akta.pro secondary industries

Child Protection & Child Rights (BPAGABAG), Gender Equality & Women’s Rights (BPADAGAF), Family & Child Benefits Administration (Child Allowance, Parental Leave) (BPAIAKAD), Maternal, Child & Adolescent Health Administration (BPAIAJAJ)

Keywords

• Women empowerment services
• Child protection programs
• Early childhood development
• Public social welfare
• Government social services

Headquarters

HQ city

Battaramulla

HQ country

Sri Lanka

HQ region

Asia

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D, Others

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

The Ministry of Women and Child Affairs is the Government of Sri Lanka's central ministry responsible for policy formulation, coordination, and implementation of programmes relating to women's empowerment, child protection, early childhood development, and family wellbeing. It operates through affiliated statutory bodies and departments including the National Committee on Women, the Women's Bureau, the National Child Protection Authority, and the Department of Probation and Child Care Services. The Ministry was formally established on 25 November 2024 under Gazette Extraordinary No. 2412/08 and reports directly to the Cabinet of Sri Lanka.

Product overview

The Ministry of Women and Child Affairs is a Sri Lankan government ministry established on November 25, 2024 via Gazette Extraordinary No. 2412/08. It operates through several departments and statutory bodies including the National Committee on Women (manages the 1938 Women Helpline), Women's Bureau of Sri Lanka (women's economic empowerment), National Child Protection Authority (manages the 1929 Child Helpline and child protection app), Department of Probation and Childcare Services (child welfare), and National Secretariat for Early Childhood Development. The ministry provides various help services including helplines (1929, 1938, 1919), early childhood development programs, morning meal programs for preschool children, counselling services, safe homes for needy women, and the e-Market platform for women entrepreneurs.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• National Committee on Women: National committee for implementing the Women's Charter and promoting Sri Lankan women's rights
• Women's Bureau of Sri Lanka
• National Child Protection Authority
• Department of Probation and Childcare Services
• National Secretariat for Early Childhood Development

Products and services

• 1938 Women Helpline A national toll-free telephone helpline operated under the Ministry to receive complaints and provide assistance to women facing gender-based violence, harassment, or other forms of distress in Sri Lanka.
• Punya Sumana Mobile Application A mobile application launched for child protection purposes, enabling the public to report incidents and access information related to child safety in Sri Lanka.
• National Child Protection Authority Services Statutory services delivered through the National Child Protection Authority, an affiliated body under the Ministry responsible for safeguarding children's rights and addressing child protection concerns.
• Probation and Child Care Services Services administered through the Department of Probation and Child Care Services, providing probation oversight, child care, and rehabilitation support for at-risk children and families.
• Women's Bureau Programmes Programmes delivered by the Women's Bureau, the national focal point on women's advancement, supporting gender mainstreaming, women's economic empowerment, and protection of women's rights across Sri Lanka.
• National Committee on Women Coordination Inter-ministerial and multi-stakeholder coordination functions led by the National Committee on Women to formulate national policy on women and monitor implementation across government and civil society.

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• UNDP (United Nations Development Programme)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerUNDP collaborates with the ministry on staff training programs. A second staff training session was held with UNDP and Citra Lab focusing on digital governance initiatives.
• Citra LabminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnered with the ministry for staff training sessions focused on digital governance.
• Ministry of DefencecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaborated with Defence Cyber Command to conduct comprehensive cyber awareness programs for officials of the Ministry of Women and Child Affairs and pre-school teachers, focusing on digital safety and women and child protection.

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• UN Women: Global UN entity focused on gender equality and women's empowerment; overlaps significantly in mandate with the ministry's women's rights, political participation, and economic empowerment programs but operates at international scale.
• Department of Social Services (Australia): Australian federal department administering family, children's, and community welfare programs at a comparable governmental scale but with more developed digital service delivery and outcome measurement.
• UNFPA: UN agency addressing reproductive health, gender-based violence, and women's empowerment—directly comparable programmatic overlap with the ministry's helpline and protection services.
• UNICEF: UN agency for children's rights, welfare, and early childhood development with deep overlap with the ministry's child protection, ECD, and welfare facility programs; complements the ministry's work in Sri Lanka.

Emerging players

• National Commission for Women (India): Indian statutory body operating as a sub-national counterpart focused specifically on women's rights and protection, comparable to Sri Lanka's National Committee on Women in scope and structure.

Direct peers

• Ministry of Women, Children and Social Affairs (Bangladesh): Bangladesh ministry directly comparable in scope—oversees women's affairs, children, and social welfare with similar helpline, shelter, and economic empowerment programs operating at a comparable South Asian governance scale.
• Ministry of Women and Child Development (India): Indian government ministry with an almost identical mandate covering women's empowerment, child welfare, child protection, and early childhood development through parallel statutory bodies (e.g., NCW, NCPCR) and similar helpline and shelter services.
• Ministry of Women, Family and Community Development (Malaysia): Malaysian ministry covering women's development, family wellbeing, and child welfare with comparable helpline services (e.g., Talian Kasih) and similar national-to-state implementation architecture.
• Department of Social Welfare and Development (Philippines): Philippine agency managing women and children's welfare, protection services, and community-based programs with comparable structure of regional/provincial implementation units.

Regional players

• Department of Women, Youth and Children Affairs (Papua New Guinea): Pacific-region ministry with directly comparable mandate on women's empowerment and child protection, though operating in a distinctly different policy and geographic environment.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Subsidiaries5 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

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