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New Zealand started as the first nation to have full voting rights for women in 1893. From there, women entered the workforce in the 1960s, although the participation rate of men and women at the time was 81 percent and 67 percent respectively. [35] The goals of the New Zealand policy is to achieve women's representation in these organisations.
The New Zealand Suffrage Centennial Medal 1993 was authorised by the Queen by Royal Warrant dated 1 July 1993, and was awarded to 546 selected persons in recognition of their contribution to the rights of women in New Zealand or to women's issues in New Zealand or both. [33]
New Zealand has anti-discrimination and human rights laws including the New Zealand Bill of Rights Act 1990, the Human Rights Act 1993 and the Equal Pay Act 1972. There is an international Convention on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) that New Zealand is part of.
Feminism in New Zealand is a series of actions and a philosophy to advance rights for women in New Zealand. This can be seen to have taken place through parliament and legislation, and also by actions and role modelling by significant women and groups of people throughout New Zealand 's history.
Jill Annette Ovens [1] is a New Zealand trade unionist, politician, and anti-transgender rights activist. She is the founder and current National Secretary of the Women's Rights Party. [2] She was co-leader of the Alliance party before changing her allegiance to the Labour Party, and then later founding and co-leading the Women's Rights Party.
The Women's Refuge is a community support service that provides crisis line support, information, planning services, and education and training programmers on the prevention of violence against women in New Zealand. [29] Women's Refuge works to promote social discussion on domestic violence and to inform public debate. [30]
The first sheet of the 1893 Women's Suffrage Petition. Archives Reference LE1 1893/7a The 1893 women's suffrage petition was the third of three petitions to the New Zealand Government in support of women's suffrage and resulted in the Electoral Act 1893, which gave women the right to vote in the 1893 general election. The 1893 petition was substantially larger than the 1891 petition, which had ...
This category includes pages relating to women's rights and women's rights issues, as well as women's rights organisations, in New Zealand. Subcategories This category has the following 7 subcategories, out of 7 total.