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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.

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 Women in Enterprise (WIE) project sought to gain a better understanding of women’s experiences in business by:

Women in Canterbury now make up a higher proportion of those employed in construction than do women nationally.

This report, prepared by NZIER, describes the drivers of changes in the economic returns to women’s skills over the past 30 years and considers how these drivers may affect returns to women’s skills over the next 10 to 15 years.

Indicators for Change: Tracking the progress of New Zealand women is a periodical report published by the Ministry of Women's Affairs that provides a snapshot of the current social and economic status of women in New Zealand.