Federal Ministry of Women Affairs

Name

Federal Ministry of Women Affairs

Legal name

Federal Ministry of Women Affairs

Website

https://womenaffairs.gov.ng

Company type

Private

Founded year

1989

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Government Social Services

NAICS

Executive, Legislative, and Other General Government Support (921), Administration of Public Health Programs (923120), Administration of Human Resource Programs (9231), National Security and International Affairs (928)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300)

akta.pro primary industry

Civil Service & Public Administration (HR, Org Dev, Workforce Policy) (BPAIAAAD)

akta.pro secondary industries

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

Keywords

• Gender equality policy
• Women empowerment programs
• Child protection services
• Social welfare ministry
• Public policy development

Headquarters

HQ city

Abuja

HQ country

Nigeria

HQ region

Africa

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Others

Core offering

The Federal Ministry of Women Affairs is a Nigerian Federal Government ministry that advises the government on gender and children issues, including matters affecting persons with disabilities and the aged. It initiates policy guidelines, leads gender equality and mainstreaming at national and international levels, and delivers child protection, women's empowerment, gender affairs, and nutrition programs through its operational departments. The Ministry also operates the FMWA Child Protection Dashboard and the Child Policy and Information Centre (CPIC) as monitoring and research tools supporting its mandate.

Product overview

The Federal Ministry of Women Affairs operates as a government ministry with a multi-department structure focused on gender equality, women's empowerment, and child welfare. The portfolio includes core operational departments (Child Development, Women Development, Gender Affairs, Nutrition, Community Development & Social Intervention, Finance & Accounting, General Services, Planning Research & Statistics, Procurement, Reform Coordination & Service Improvement) that work together under the Ministry's mandate. Key products include the FMWA Child Protection Dashboard for monitoring child welfare indicators, and the Child Policy and Information Centre (CPIC) which serves as the Ministry's research and evidence hub. The Ministry produces policy briefs and publications on child protection outcomes across Nigerian states.

Differentiator

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Functional benefit

Products and services

• FMWA Child Protection Dashboard A monitoring and data visualization platform for tracking child protection indicators, statistics, and welfare metrics across Nigerian states, used by the Ministry and stakeholders to inform child protection policy.
• Child Policy and Information Centre (CPIC) A central evidence-to-policy hub for child protection that links fragmented data systems with frontline service delivery and high-level decision-making, producing policy briefs and data analysis used by the Ministry and partners.

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

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Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered core and supporting.

• UNICEFcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerJoint collaboration on child protection policy development. UNICEF provides technical support and partnership in developing evidence-based policies through the Child Policy and Information Centre (CPIC). The collaboration includes policy briefs, data analysis, and advocacy materials for child protection in Nigeria.
• National Population Commission (NPC)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration on Civil Registration and Vital Statistics (CRVS) integration with health systems for birth registration. Joint efforts to expand digital registration networks across Nigerian states.
• National Bureau of Statistics (NBS)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerData collaboration for child protection evidence and statistics. Joint efforts in data collection and analysis to inform policy decisions on gender and child welfare.
• SUBEBs (State Universal Basic Education Boards)supportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership to integrate child protection awareness and birth registration into educational systems at state level.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Department of Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities (South Africa): South Africa's national department coordinating women's empowerment, child wellbeing, and disability inclusion; comparable in scope, federal-tier coordination role, and target population.
• Federal Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation (Nigeria): A sister Nigerian federal ministry with overlapping mandate on social protection, vulnerable groups, and welfare programming, headquartered in Abuja and serving the same federal policy-coordination function.
• Ministry of Gender and Culture (Kenya): Kenya's national ministry with gender mainstreaming, child protection, and social inclusion functions — directly comparable in mandate and in coordinating with subnational and international counterparts.
• Ministry of Gender, Children and Social Protection (Ghana): Direct counterpart in Ghana covering gender equality, child welfare, and social protection with a similar departmental structure — a close functional peer in a neighboring West African jurisdiction.

Regional players

• African Union Commission — Women, Gender & Youth Directorate: Continental-level institution coordinating gender policy across AU member states; relevant as a higher-tier peer shaping the international gender-mainstreaming framework in which the ministry operates.

Broad incumbents

• Federal Ministry of Health and Social Welfare (Nigeria): Sister federal ministry intersecting with the Nutrition Department and maternal/child health programs; comparable as a federal coordinating ministry with adjacent service-delivery responsibilities for women and children.
• UN Women (Nigeria Country Office): A Core partner organization and global UN body dedicated to gender equality and women's empowerment; shares thematic mandate and is formally linked to the ministry through UN-based institutional mechanisms.
• Federal Ministry of Education (Nigeria): Adjacent federal ministry partnering with FMWA via State Universal Basic Education Boards (SUBEBs) to integrate birth registration and child protection into schools — comparable as a federal policy-coordinating body with overlapping child-welfare touchpoints.
• UNICEF Nigeria: Listed Core strategic partner of the ministry on child protection policy; comparable as a major institutional actor in Nigerian child welfare through CPIC collaboration and birth-registration work.

Emerging players

• National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP, Nigeria): Nigerian federal agency addressing trafficking and protection of women and children — operating in an overlapping protection mandate with narrower specialization and a federal enforcement orientation.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/FMWA_ng
• Facebookfacebook.com/FMWAngr
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/hm-women-affairs-nigeria

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Profiles2 records

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

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