• Record levels of women on state sector boards

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    Minister for Women Julie Anne Genter announced today that 2018 has seen a record level of women on state sector boards.

  • Next steps in pay equity

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    Women who aren’t paid the same as men for similar jobs will be given the tools to make a pay equity claim as the Wellbeing Budget delivers a practical solution to gender discrimination in the workplace.

  • Image-based sexual abuse a problem for Kiwis of all generations, new research report reveals

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    New research from New Zealand online safety organisation Netsafe, who the Ministry for Women has partnered with on prior research into the gendered nature of digital harm, reveals that five percent of Kiwi adults have been the victim of image-based sexu

  • Public sector workforce data

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    The Ministry for Women's gender pay gap data was not included in the State Services Commission's Public Service Workforce Data results, released today.

  • Flexible work pilots begin in the public service

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    The next step of the Gender Pay Action Plan was launched today by Minister for Women Julie Anne Genter, with seven public service agencies committing to flexible work pilots.

  • Ministry's plans for the next four years published

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    Today, the Ministry's strategic intentions for the next four years were released in our Statement of Intent : Our approach for 2018-2022.

  • Meri Te Tai Mangakāhia portrait gifted to Parliament

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    As part of the Suffrage 125 celebrations at Parliament on 19 September 2019, a framed portrait of prominent Māori suffragist Meri Te Tai Mangakāhia was gifted to Parliament by Hon Eugenie Sage, Acting Minister for Women.

  • Making history for women’s pay in New Zealand

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    On the 125th anniversary of the day New Zealand made history with women’s suffrage, the Government has introduced legislation that makes history for women’s pay, say the Minister for Workplace Relations and Safety Iain Lees-Galloway and Acting Minister

  • Suffrage 125 Community Fund recipients announced

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    Hon Eugenie Sage, Acting Minister for Women, today announced 42 successful applicants for the Suffrage 125 Community Fund, at the Kate Sheppard Memorial in Christchurch.

  • Government plan to fix women’s pay

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    At least half of the senior leaders in the public sector will be women by the end of 2019, and workplaces will be flexible “by default” are among goals in