The Ministry is tasked with the responsibility of Rehabilitation, Management and Supervision of Remand Homes, and Women Affairs. It has the mandate of carrying out Community Development, Child Development and Social Welfare.

The ministry is also responsible for determining the policies and direction to achieve the goals of gender equality, family development and a caring society in line with the Government commitment towards the Elimination of all forms of discrimination against women.

The ministry has been working hard to eradicate poverty, ignorance, stress, frustration and lack of moral upbringing common with people in the society. It has identified reasons for such vices like dumping of children and indulgence in drugs, which eventually lead to mental problems as the major factor that affects a lot of social development within the state.

The several strategies been implemented by the ministry in achieving her objectives include:

• To ensure that gender, family and community perspectives are incorporated in the formulation of policies and plans as well as in the implementation of programs;
• To instill positives family values among the people by working with Government agencies, private sector and NGO's;
• To review existing laws and regulations and to suggest new legislation that are able to offer better protection for the livelihood and development of women, family and the community;
• To develop and strengthen a comprehensive and integrated social database for the purpose of planning, monitoring and evaluation of programs for target groups;
• To increase the level of skills and knowledge as well as to empower target groups to enable their effective participation in nation buildings;
• To increase and diversify the opportunities for target groups towards enhancing their effective participation in nation building;
• To strengthen the networking both at the national and international levels to facilitate the sharing of information, experience and expertise;
• To establish effective monitoring and evaluating mechanism to improve the implementation of policies and programs;
• To disseminate information on facilities and services provided by various agencies and organizations for the benefits of women, family and the community.