The Ministry for Women is seeking expressions of interest from interested individuals, academics, and representatives of non-government organisations to join the official New Zealand Government delegation to the 63rd session of the United Nations' Commission on the Status of Women (CSW).
The Ministry's strategic intentions for the next four years were released in our Statement of Intent : Our approach for 2018-2022 alongside our Annual report for the year ending 30 June 2018.
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 for Women Eugenie Sage.
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.
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 an Action Plan to eliminate the public service gender pay gap.
The Minister for Women Hon Julie Anne Genter and Under-Secretary for Justice Jan Logie (Domestic and Sexual Violence Issues) have welcomed United Nations recommendations to take more action on progress for women.
A report highlighting the barriers some single mothers face returning to work and navigating the benefit system shows the need for the Government welfare overhaul that has already begun, says Hon Julie Anne Genter, Minister for Women.
The Government has reached a major milestone in its commitment to eliminate the gender pay gap in the public service, as new Gender Pay Principles are launched, State Services Minister Chris Hipkins and Minister for Women Julie Anne Genter said to
People across Aotearoa New Zealand will soon be able to apply for funding to celebrate 125 years of voting for women, the Minister for Women Julie Anne Genter announced today.
New research by the Ministry for Women and online safety organisation Netsafe highlights rates of harmful online communications received by young New Zealanders in the last 12 months.
The examination of New Zealand’s eighth periodic report on the United Nations Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) is scheduled for
"I congratulate Kristine on this wonderful recognition. It is indisputable that Kristine has made New Zealand a better place for women." - Hon Julie Anne Genter, Minister for Women.
Hon Julie Anne Genter, Minister for Women, welcomes 3,800 mental health and support workers being included in a pay equity settlement announced today. “Paying women fairly is important and I am delighted with today’s announcement,”
Hon Julie Anne Genter, Minister for Women, is encouraging organisations to celebrate the 125th anniversary of women’s suffrage with events and activities.
Minister for Workplace Relations and Safety, Iain Lees-Galloway, and Minister for Women, Julie Anne Genter, are reconvening the Joint Working Group on Pay Equity Principles as the next step in pay equity for New Zealand women.
The Minister for Workplace Relations and Safety, Iain Lees-Galloway, and the Minister for Women, Julie Anne Genter, on Wednesday reaffirmed the new Government’s commitment to halting the Employment (Pay Equity and Equal Pay) Bill
For the first time the proportion of women on New Zealand state-sector boards is above 45 percent, increasing from 43.4 percent in 2015 to 45.3 percent in 2016.
On 18 April 2017, the Government announced a $2 billion pay equity settlement for 55,000 care and support workers in New Zealand's aged and disability residential care, and home and community support services around the country.
Tomorrow, 8 March, New Zealand joins with other countries on International Women’s Day to support initiatives that are creating a better working world for women says Ministry for Women Acting Chief Executive Margaret Retter.
The Ministry for Women has today published new research – undertaken by Auckland University of Technology for the Ministry for Women – that identifies what’s driving the gender pay gap which still sits at 12 percent.
A new directory that identifies opportunities for women and girls to get exposure to science, technology and engineering is now available. The directory identifies initiatives,
A BETTER WORLD Vol 1 is a fully illustrated compilation of 80 UN countries' stories that show what they have done to empower women within the context of sustainable development.
The Government has announced it will amend the Equal Pay Act and the Employment Relations Act to implement recommendations of the Joint Working Group on Pa
The New Zealand gender pay gap has risen to 12 percent (as measured by median hourly earnings as at June 2016 from the New Zealand Income Survey (NZIS)).
The gender stocktake 2015 shows women’s participation rate at 43.4 percent on State sector boards and committees as at 31 December 2015, up from 41.7 perc
Women in New Zealand are slowly but surely making inroads into industries that were previously closed to them. Are you leading gender change in your organisation?
The inaugural Women in Public Sector Summit 2016 will see a diverse range of people come together to gain insight to navigating the Context, Connections and Challenges involved in fulfilling their career aspirations.
Minister for Women Hon Louise Upston has released the draft of New Zealand’s eighth periodic report on the United Nations Convention on the Elimination of All Forms
The New Zealand Government, led by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, New Zealand Defence Force, New Zealand Police and Ministry for Women, has developed a