As our President indicated when announcing the Cabinet Ministers in May last year, this Ministry was created to protect the rights of and enhance the development opportunities for women, children and people with disabilities. The President further magnified our role at the celebration of National Women's Day last year, stating that this Ministry "will monitor other government departments to ensure the mainstreaming of gender, children's rights and disability considerations into all programmes of government and other sectors". This will help government to respond to issues of these targeted groups in an integrated and coherent manner.