Agency for Gender Equality in Bosnia-Herzegovina was established on February 19, 2004, in a decision by the Council of Ministers. Besides the supervision of the implementation of the Law on Gender Equality in BiH, the Agency performs the following functions:

1. Periodically makes actions plans in order to promote gender equality, based on suggestions by all Ministries at the State level; handles plan for the Gender Center (GC), which the Ministry submits every year to the Council of Ministers.
2. Follows applications and coordinates activities with respect to all relevant subjects in the process of implementation of the State Plan.
3. Prepares annual reports to the Council of Ministers about the status of genders in BiH, based on the GC report.
4. Performs evaluations of laws and bylaws that are to be adopted by the Council of Ministers, in order to follow the effects with respect to gender equality and equal representation of genders.
5. Determines methodology for the evaluation of state level policies and programs related to the gender equality.
6. Performs other jobs related to the promotion of gender equality and the implementation of this Law