Who we are

The National Council of Women of New Zealand (NCWNZ) is the country's leading women's organisation.

We work to promote women's rights and equality.

We do this through:

  • research
  • sharing information
  • representation, and
  • action

NCWNZ is currently focused on:

  • keeping women safe - at home, in education, in the workplace and at play
  • financial sustainability
  • positive wellbeing

We act:

  • Regionally - Christchurch Branch, for example, has launched a research project to record women's experiences of the Canterbury earthquakes.
  • Nationally - We are co-ordinating the NZ Non-Governmental Organisations report to the UN committee monitoring discrimination against women.
  • Internationally - We are working with international partners in a campaign demanding that Facebook removes pages promoting rape and discrimination against women.

NCWNZ is an umbrella organisation representing a diverse membership, which includes women's organisations and individual women.

 

 

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