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Cabinet Paper: Building back better for women: Improving women’s wellbeing and employment outcomes in response to COVID-19, authored by Manatū Wāhine Ministry for Women, 27 October 2021.

A literature scan commissioned by Manatū Wāhine Ministry for Women to inform discussion of international best practice about preventing and responding to workplace sexual harassment. 

The Ministry for Women provided input into the inquiry on the gendered implications of mental health and addiction. In it we noted: that gender-based violence can have a large impact on women’s mental health; that this violence is a major issue in New Zealand; that it is important that mental health and addiction systems and services are gender-responsive, and work for the women and girls who need them most. This includes women and girls facing multiple barriers to accessing support; and that some groups of women, such as Māori and Pacific women, and women prisoners, may be disproportionately affected by mental health issues and addictions and may require targeted support and services delivered in a gender-responsive and culturally-appropriate ways.

Manatū Wāhine Ministry for Women interviewed 40 mothers in Whāngarei, South Auckland and Gisborne, to hear in their own words, their experiences of the social services they accessed both during pregnancy and with young children. Manatū Wāhine also conducted a literature review at the same time considering Aotearoa New Zealand and international literature on the experiences of young mothers.

Manatū Wāhine Ministry for Women has led research with Netsafe on looking at young New Zealanders’ experiences of digital harm.

The Ministry for Women's report, A malu i 'āiga, e malu fo'i i fafo: Protection for the family, protection for all, shares, from the perspective of Samoan people, what works to keep Samoan women and girls safe from violence.

The research report Wāhine Māori, Wāhine Ora, Wāhine Kaha: Preventing Violence Against Māori Women explores what wāhine Māori believe to be the key factors to keeping them and their whānau safe from ever becoming victim/survivors of violence.

The purpose of this paper is to generate discussion about primary prevention of violence and how these approaches can be effectively implemented in New Zealand.

This new research presents a complex picture of sexual violence and revictimisation. It emphasises the importance of early identification of repeat victim/survivors and the need to break the cycle of repeat revictimisaiton, and to provide consistent and appropriate support for survivors and their families.

This research describes the kinds of initiatives that were perceived by community members and service providers as working well in refugee and migrant communities and the conditions that encourage them to flourish.

This report provides an overview of what is known in Aotearoa New Zealand, particularly Māori perspectives, and internationally, on sexual coercion/violence, resilience and healthy relationships, particularly for indigenous peoples, with an overall focu

This literature review identifies that more culturally appropriate research is needed in this area and identifies issues in accessibility and the appropriateness of services for perpetrators and victim/survivors of ethnic communities.

This report responds to a request by the Ministry of Women‟s Affairs to the Crime and Justice Research Centre to conduct a critical literature review outlining international and New Zealand perspectives on good practice for services that respond to adul

Restoring Soul: Effective Interventions for Adult Victim/Survivors of Sexual Violence is the overview report resulting from a two-year research project led by the Ministry of Women's Affairs in partnership with the Ministry of Justice and New Zealand Po

This report presents the findings of the pathways study, which explored the help-seeking and pathways to assistance and recovery for adult survivors of sexual violence from across New Zealand.

This report presents the findings of an environmental scan of agencies and key informants that respond to victim/survivors of sexual violence.

The aim of this study was to assess attrition in relation to adult sexual violation cases – that is, what proportion and type of cases drop out at each stage of the criminal justice process.

These reports from the Waikato University examine the experiences of 43 Māori, Pakeha, Pasifika and other ethnic minority women who were victims of male partner violence, the impact of the violence on them and their children, and their experiences of th