Good governance in Aotearoa New Zealand means that women are present in leadership and governance roles at all levels. We know that women have the skills and talents to succeed and lead us into the future.
The gender pay gap is a high-level indicator of the difference between women's and men’s earnings. It compares the hourly earnings of women and men in full- and part-time work.
There are different methods of measuring the gender pay gap.
He taputapu, he rauemi hoki tā te Minitatanga hei āwhina i ngā kaupapa here ā-ira me ngā taipitopito mō ngā āputa utu ā-ira.
Manatū Wāhine Ministry for Women is the Government’s principal advisor on improving the lives of wāhine women and kōtiro girls.
Official information is any information held by the government, including Ministers of the Crown in their official capacity, and departments and Ministries, including Manatū Wāhine Ministry for Women.
Our news brief Te Karanga includes updates on the latest mahi from Manatū Wahine and other agencies that support our goals.
A board is a group of people who supervise or govern an organisation, company, or facility, or those charged with providing advice or making decisions on a particular issue.
If you are seeking high-calibre women candidates for a public sector board vacancy, please contact the Ministry's Nominations Service.
On 19 September 1893, Governor Lord Glasgow signed a new Electoral Act into law, and New Zealand became the first self-governing country in the world to enshrine in law the right for women to vote in parliamentary elections.
The National Advisory Council on the Employment of Women is an independent advisory body to the Minister for Women on women’s employment.
The decision to set up a Ministry of Women’s Affairs (now Manatū Wāhine Ministry for Women) arose from developments in the women’s liberation movement in New Zealand and the increasing political power of women.
Pay transparency can help reduce gender and ethnic pay gaps and address inequities in the workplace.
The Ministry’s written responses to Parliament’s Social Services and Community Committee (SSCC), such as responding to the annual Estimates for Vote Women questions, are published on the
Read Manatū Wāhine Ministry for Women's Annual Report for the year ended 30 June 2016.
If you would like a hard copy of this report, please email info@women.govt.nz.
The Government’s latest report to the United Nations on New Zealand’s efforts to eliminate discrimination against women has been submitted.
The Ministry for Women's Four -Year Plan provides a snapshot in time of a department's strategic and medium-term planning. It covers the Ministry's strategic objectives, its role and funding, and how the Ministry will organise and manage its peopl
