• New members join NACEW

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    Five new members joined the National Advisory Council on the Employment of Women (NACEW) today to discuss women’s employment issues, in an advisory role to the Minister for Women Julie Anne Genter.

  • Ministry for Women gender pay gap

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    The Ministry for Women's gender pay gap data was not included in the State Services Commission's Public Service Workforce Data results, released today.

  • Māori women in business contribute to our economy, whānau and communities

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    Minister for Women Julie Anne Genter has released a new report celebrating the contribution of wāhine Māori in business across Aotearoa New Zealand.

  • More progress for women, but we can do more

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    Minister for Women Julie Anne Genter welcomes leaders in the private sector taking action on closing their gender pay gaps to ensure a fairer workplace for all New Zealanders.

  • Government taking action to close gender pay gap

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    Passing equal pay legislation, delivering record pay settlements for female dominated workforces and requiring public sector agencies to develop plans to close the gender pay gap are just some of the steps the Government is taking to ensure women are pa

  • Mana Wāhine claim progressing

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    Minister for Women Julie Anne Genter announced $6.2 million funding for progressing the Crown’s engagement with the Waitangi Tribunal’s Mana Wāhine Kaupapa Inquiry, while speaking to the Federation of Māori Authorities Huihuinga Wāhine (Māori Women’s Le

  • New tool will assist gender policy analysis in the public sector

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    Minister for Women Julie Anne Genter has launched Bringing Gender In, a new online tool to

  • Record levels of women on state sector boards

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    Minister for Women Julie Anne Genter announced today that 2018 has seen a record level of women on state sector boards.

  • Next steps in pay equity

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    Women who aren’t paid the same as men for similar jobs will be given the tools to make a pay equity claim as the Wellbeing Budget delivers a practical solution to gender discrimination in the workplace.

  • Image-based sexual abuse a problem for Kiwis of all generations, new research report reveals

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    New research from New Zealand online safety organisation Netsafe, who the Ministry for Women has partnered with on prior research into the gendered nature of digital harm, reveals that five percent of Kiwi adults have been the victim