The Ministry of Public Service, Youth and Gender was created under the re-organization of the National Government in November 2015. The reorganization placed the then Directorate of Public Service Management, Directorate of Youth Affairs and the State Department for Gender Affairs under the Minis… read moretry. The Executive Order No. 1 of June 2018 (Revised) created three (3) State Departments in the Ministry namely: State Department for Public Service; State Department for Youth; and State Department for Gender. The Ministry plays an important role of providing policy direction and management of the human resource function in the public service as well as promotion of gender equality, empowerment of women and youth. The mandate, functions and responsibilities of the Ministry are provided in the Executive Order No. 1 of June 2018 (Revised). The mandate broadly covers critical priority areas related to Public Service, Youth and Gender: