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.