Queen’s Birthday honours continues to show gender balance

The National Council of Women of New Zealand congratulates all recipients of the 2020 Queen’s Birthday honours, and welcomes the even balance in the awarding.
“It’s important to consider what we celebrate and award at this level – as it reflects what we value in society,” says National Council of Women of New Zealand President, Lisa Lawrence.
Read moreRebuilding Together – will this reduce gender inequality?

“The impact of COVID-19 on women and existing gender inequalities has been almost entirely lacking in the public discourse. Budget 2020 has made a huge investment in rebuilding – what is not clear is whether the specific needs of women are recognised and whether there is a clear commitment to measuring implementation to ensure that the investments announced start to address gender inequality” said Lisa Lawrence, President of the National Council of Women of New Zealand.
“In the lead up to the Budget the Minister of Finance indicated that we needed to respond, recover and rebuild so that New Zealand absolutely can 'Be the country we have always said we want to be'. Today he talked of the need to hit the reset button. We want this too.”
Read more“Stop tinkering around the edges and bring financial stability for everyone”
“Our benefit system is having to be tweaked and augmented to get us through this crisis, but once we have landed in the new normal we will still be living in unequal communities.”
That from the President of the National Council of Women New Zealand, Lisa Lawrence who believes that we need to tip the table and start afresh.
Read moreMore “Enabling” Behaviour Urgently Needed To Support Equity For Women
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“New Zealand women are being let down by systems and institutions that continue to disenfranchise them.” says National President of the National Council of Women of New Zealand (NCWNZ), Lisa Lawrence, who strongly believes there must be an urgent focus on creating equity which fosters equality, and supports everyone to reach their full potential.
Realising women's rights an 'unmissable opportunity' to achieve gender equality
Nelson Mail, originally published on Stuff
"I am Generation Equality: Realising Women's Rights" is this year's theme for International Women's Day on March 8.
"IWD 2020 focuses on innovative ways New Zealand can advance gender equality and the empowerment of women, particularly on how our individual actions, conversations, behaviours and mind-sets can impact our larger society," says president of the Nelson branch of the National Council of Women, Venus S Guy.
Read moreWaikato holiday park calls for park manager with quiet wife
By Luke Kirkeby, originally published on Stuff
Wives of a non "quiet disposition" need not apply for a job at Tokoroa's Glenview Holiday Park.
A recent classified ad, featured in the South Waikato News, called for a couple to fill the manager's role at the holiday park.
But it came with some very specific requirements.
Read moreWomen's affairs champion, 'really good Nelsonian' Dame Alison Roxburgh dies
By Cherie Sivignon, originally published on Stuff
Dame Alison Roxburgh, who became a Distinguished Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit in 2003 for services to women's affairs and the community, has died, aged 85.
From her long-time Nelson home, Roxburgh was heavily involved in the community through many organisations including the National Council of Women of New Zealand, the Suter Gallery Trust, Nelson Polytechnic and the Nelson City Luncheon Club.
Read moreWhere are the women? Wellington’s statues have a gender problem
By Joel MacManus, originally published on Stuff
From atop perches in the middle of busy walkways, great leaders from our history look upon us.
The statues that a city erects become a reflection of its values. They're a signal to the citizens that the people immortalised in stone and metal are worth looking up to, figuratively and literally.
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