Doreen Sioka

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The Honourable
Doreen Sioka
MP
Minister of Gender Equality, Poverty Eradication and Social Welfare
Assumed office
18 March 2015
PresidentHage Geingob
Preceded byRosalia Nghidinwa
In office
21 March 2005 – 4 December 2012
PresidentHifikepunye Pohamba
Preceded byMarlene Mungunda
Succeeded byRosalia Nghidinwa
Minister of Labour and Social Welfare
In office
4 December 2012 – 17 March 2015
PresidentHifikepunye Pohamba
Preceded byImmanuel Ngatjizeko
Succeeded byErkki Nghimtina
Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly
In office
21 March 2005 – 21 March 2010
PresidentHifikepunye Pohamba
Preceded byWillem Konjore
Succeeded byLoide Kasingo
Personal details
Born (1960-09-18) 18 September 1960 (age 63)
SWAPO
SpouseVictor Sioka
Children3
Alma materManagement College of Southern Africa
OccupationPolitician
ProfessionTeacher

Doreen Nampiye Sioka (born 1960) is a

South West Africa People's Organization (SWAPO), and a member of the cabinet since 2005, serving as Minister of Gender Equality, Poverty Eradication and Social Welfare
.

Early life and exile

Sioka was born on 18 September 1960 in Kasheshe village in the Zambezi Region and attended primary school in her home village. At age 15, she went into exile in Zambia, due to the ongoing conflict in South West Africa between the apartheid led military and the Namibian freedom fighters.

When she was injured in a South African Defence Force raid on Oshatotwa in 1976 she decided to join the People's Liberation Army of Namibia, during which she participated in the attacks on Katima Mulilo in 1977 and 1978 as one of only three female insurgents.[1]

After the 1978 attack she worked for

Namibian independence.[1]

Political career

After independence of Namibia in 1989 Sioka held several political roles in SWAPO's Women's Council. She was elected to

4th National Assembly.[2]

After the 2009 general election Sioka was appointed Minister of Gender Equality and Child Welfare, and in a cabinet reshuffle in December 2012, following the fifth SWAPO congress, her portfolio as minister was changed to that of Minister of Labour and Social Welfare, replacing Immanuel Ngatjizeko.[3]

When

gender based violence in Namibia.[6]

Private life

Doreen Sioka is married with three children. Besides her degrees earned during her time of exile she also completed two correspondence courses, and earned a high diploma and certificate in defence and security from Cambridge Tutorial College and a diploma in business administration from Management College of Southern Africa (MANCOSA).[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c d Neumbo, Namene Kandi (5 April 2005). "Madam Deputy Speaker, Ma'am!". New Era.
  2. ISBN 99916-797-6-6. Archived from the original
    (PDF) on 6 July 2008. Retrieved 25 December 2012.
  3. ^ Shipanga, Selma; Immanuel, Shinovene (5 December 2012). "Transition team picked". The Namibian. Archived from the original on 2012-12-06.
  4. ^ "Geingob announces Cabinet". The Namibian. 20 March 2015.
  5. ^ "Central bank Governor appointed finance minister". Informanté. 2020-03-22. Archived from the original on 2020-08-05. Retrieved 2020-03-27.
  6. ^ Iikela, Sakeus (8 October 2020). "Sioka in storm over N$1,4m shacks". The Namibian. p. 1.
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