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Open Kate Edger Centre for Gender and Women's Studies, Victoria University, Wellington

Celebration of World Rural Women Day

Reflections of the women's movement and the place or status of women today.

Celebrates World Rural Women's Day by outlining government's efforts to strengthen rural communities in areas including health, home care workers, paid parental leave and Women's Action Plan.

Focuses on Maori women's achievements and relevant government policies.

Women are being urged to celebrate the 111th anniversary of women’s suffrage on 19 September by exercising their right to vote in the upcoming local body and district health board elections.

Outlines Women's Action Plan and government's policies and initiatives beneftitting women

Women's Action Plan and government's initiatives benefitting women

A range of initiatives and issues seeking to deliver real benefits for New Zealand women.

Maori women are among the most entrepreneurial business people in the world according to a recent international study.

Celebration of Maori women's achievements, especially in business

Women's issues are being addressed across the whole of government for the first time

Prime Minister Helen Clark and Women’s Affairs Minister Ruth Dyson announced today that the eligibility and duration of paid parental leave is to be extended.

Answers common questions about the planned extension to the paid parental leave scheme

Outlines why government has developed a women's action plan, what it hopes to achieve, and key initiatives

Women’s Affairs and Senior Citizens Minister Ruth Dyson today welcomed the government’s decision to extend the eligible age range for free breast screening to include women aged 45-49 and 65-69.

Outlines presentation of government's five-yearly report on the status of NZ women to CEDAW, and development of Women's Action Plan

Introduces Denise Kingsmill who, in 2001, headed independent review of women's pay and employment in UK