The Minister Responsible for Women and Gender Equity (French: Ministre responsable de l’Équité entre les sexes) oversees the Gender Equity Manitoba Secretariat under Manitoba's Department of Families.
Since 1982, the Executive Council of Manitoba has included a minister responsible for the Status of Women or Gender Equity; however, the position is not a full cabinet portfolio and has always been held by a minister who holds other cabinet responsibilities.
Whereas MWAC would continue working as a distinct entity, the Women's Directorate was subsumed within the new division.
[1][5] In 2012, the Directorate, along with the Women's Advisory Council, came under the jurisdiction of the newly-formed Department of Family Services and Labour.
[1][5] In 2012, the Council, along with the Status of Women Directorate, came under the wing of the newly-formed Department of Family Services and Labour.