Pages tagged “Circular_Aug2025”

  • Update from Parliamentary Watch Committee

    PWC has been working at pace this calendar year coordinating the NWCNZ submissions process: researching opportunities, distributing Action Items, editing and lodging written submissions, and supporting oral submissions. As I type this update the 20th written submission for 2025 is in progress, with the Education Action Hub responding to the Proposal to replace NCEA. NCWNZ submissions are made publically available on our website, see Submissions - National Council of Women of New Zealand. In addition, our oral submissions will total...

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    1 September 2025

  • Threats to pay equity in Aotearoa New Zealand – NCWNZ responses

    Rosemary Du Plessis – on presenting to the People’s Select Committee on Pay Equity I presented the NCWNZ oral submission during the third hearing of the Committee on Monday 25 August, as lead writer Irene Ryan was unavailable. Although actively involved in the full submission, coordinating the Ōtautahi Christchurch Branch response and as an Economic Independence Action Hub member, it was a bit daunting to present to such a high-powered set of women, and to condense our key points to...

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    1 September 2025

  • Meet the Candidates: Strong Turnout for Hamilton Local Elections Forum

    On Tuesday 26 August 2025, the Hamilton Branch of the National Council of Women New Zealand hosted a well-attended Meet the Candidates evening at the Waikato Cathedral Church of St Peter, 51 Victoria Street. The event drew 33 local government candidates and a strong audience of engaged voters. Sarah Thomson, one of the women mayoral candidates

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    1 September 2025

  • Dunedin Branch Breakfast for Inspiring Young Women

    At 7 am on a fresh Dunedin winter’s morning, 100 young women from the local secondary schools gathered at The Edgar Centre, Dunedin’s premier sporting area, to listen to six inspiring young women who have followed diverse paths to achieve real success in their fields. The aim of this breakfast is to show students that, even though you face apparently insurmountable obstacles, there is often an unexpected pathway to success.

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    1 September 2025

  • Inside the Glass Cage exhibition

    On Friday, 15 August 2025, NCWNZ members had the pleasure of attending the Inside the Glass Cage: Online Misogyny in Aotearoa New Zealand exhibition at Te Auaha Gallery in Wellington. This was a collaboration between researchers Tracey Nicholls, Suze Wilson, Sarah Riley and Rochelle Stewart-Withers, with artist Richard Brown, to show the results of the Marsden-funded research project that is in its first year.

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    31 August 2025

  • Convention Against Torture & Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment

    The Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) is not the only international treaty that recognises rights for women. Members of the International Action Hub are writing a series of articles on the many different international treaties to which New Zealand is a signatory and how this impacts women and girls. The United Nations' Convention Against Torture & Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CAT) was adopted and opened for signature, ratification and...

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    29 August 2025

  • Striving for gender equality in local politics at Wellington Branch Annual Women's Debate

    In July, the Wellington Branch of the National Council of Women New Zealand, Graduate Women Wellington, and Zonta Club of Wellington, came together to co-host the Annual Women's Debate 2025: "Parity in Politics." The panel, moderated by award-winning journalist and broadcaster for RNZ Susie Ferguson, featured: Susan Freeman-Greene, Chief Executive of Local Government New Zealand Tory Whanau, Mayor of Wellington City Rebecca Matthews, Wellington City Councillor Afnan Al-Rubayee, Senior public servant and community leader This year's debate resulted in a...

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    28 August 2025

  • Carin’s Kōrero from Sweden

    Kia ora och hej from Sweden, I have spent some time with family and friends here over summer, and rather cunningly I might add, avoiding the worst of winter at the same time. I also took the opportunity to meet with Sveriges Kvinnoorganisationer. Patriarchy ends here They are an umbrella organisation, like ours in many ways, and it was very interesting to hear about their work and priorities to promote gender equality in Sweden. One of their many strengths is...

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    25 August 2025

  • Heartfelt greetings on Suffrage Day

    Good morning, my NCWNZ sisters, On this Women’s Equality Day (some parts of the world), my heart is full with gratitude for the bonds we share. I see the grit and the beauty in each of you, a profound humility born from a life well-lived, and a deep compassion that brought us together in this circle—a circle that houses the incredible women of National Council of women worldwide. We carry the sacred memories of those we have lost that built...

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    25 August 2025

  • Gender-based Harm in Paramedicine: Women Speak Out

    Despite near-gender balance in the work force, women paramedics in Aotearoa New Zealand report a cycle of harmful workplace interactions — including bullying, sexual harassment, and misogyny - sustained by inadequate employer responses and a culture that discourages reporting. These accounts come from my recent Masters study involving 148 women paramedics who shared anonymous survey responses. Their stories revealed a pattern of harmful behaviour, mostly by male colleagues - many in senior clinical or management positions- as well as some...

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    9 August 2025