CEDAW

How far has Aotearoa New Zealand managed to make progress recently in eliminating discrimination against women, and how can further progress be made?

NCWNZ held a seminar in Wellington on November 24, 2012 to discuss the ‘Key Areas for Government Action on Women’ identified by the UN committee monitoring the Convention for the Elimination of all forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) in New York 2012, and to establish working groups to review and address these.

Organisations represented at this event include: ALRANZ, Business and Professional Women New Zealand, Girl Guiding New Zealand, NZ Federation of Graduate Women, NZ Federation of Women's Institutes, Presbyterian Women Aotearoa New Zealand, Rural Women New Zealand, The Salvation Army, UN Women, Women in Leadership Aotearoa, Women's Refuge and Zonta International.

NCWNZ is keen to hear from any other groups or individuals who would like to be part of this process. For more information, please email ncwnz@ncwnz.org.nz

Resources

Media Release: Call to action to combat gender discrimination  

CEDAW Action Plan

NCWNZ Seminar - Keynote speech by Anne Else

NCWNZ Seminar – Presentation by Beryl Anderson

CEDAW Committee Concluding Observations

Media Release: UN Committee expresses concern about the status of women in New Zealand

Minister of Women's Affairs - Statement to the UN CEDAW Committee, July 2012

NGO Oral Presentation to the CEDAW Monitoring Committee, July 2012

Aotearoa New Zealand Non-Governmental Organisations Report - Women Experiencing Discrimination 2012

NZ Government CEDAW Report 2010

Commission on the Status of Women Conclusions (CSW57)