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Women’s Affairs Minister Ruth Dyson today welcomed the appointment of Shenagh Gleisner as the new chief executive of the Ministry of Women’s Affairs.

Analyses issues facing women who decide to return to education and/or employment, and government response

Issues relating to women in science, including how we engage women in science and encourage girls to take up science at school; and the work of CEDAW, the United Nations Committee for the Elimination of Discrimination against Women.

Women's Affairs Minister Ruth Dyson
addresses NZ Federation of Graduate Women on the topic of ‘Women, Information and Power’at the
Christchurch College of Education in September 2003

Women's Affairs Minister Ruth Dyson addresses the National Council of Women in New Plymouth on 'Contrasting Culture, Cohesive Communities'.

Ruth Dyson addresses the programme that has been the springboard for many Christchurch women to establish a new direction in their lives

The Ministry of Women’s Affairs will be retained as a separate ministry and strengthened, following a review of the agency, State Services Minister Trevor Mallard and Women’s Affairs Minister Ruth Dyson announced today.

Women's Affairs Minister Ruth Dyson addresses the Maori Women’s Welfare League, Kaitaia about her role, the Ministry of Women's Affairs, the CEDAW report, and the Women's Action Plan

Women's Affairs Minister Ruth Dyson addresses the Nelson branch of the National Council of Women on her role as Minister of Women’s Affairs, the Ministry of Women's Affairs, the CEDAW report, the Women’s Action Plan and other issues relating to women.

New Zealand had adopted a very sensitive approach to women’s human rights and had a good chance of becoming a good practice example to many countries of the world, Ayse Feride Acar, chairperson of the United Nations Committee, Convention for Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW), said.

Women's Affairs Ruth Dyson gives the opening statement on the status of New Zealand Women to the CEDAW Convention for the Elimination of Discrimination against Women) committee.

Women's Affairs Minister Ruth Dyson opens the new location of the Kate Edger Centre at Victoria University, and talks about the importance of the women's studies programme

Women's Affairs Minister Ruth Dyson outlines the need for an action plan for New Zealand women

Thank you for the invitation to talk to you today. I bring greetings from local MPs Annette King and Marion Hobbs, and endorse the opening remarks of my colleague and friend Margaret Wilson.

Women's Affairs Minister Ruth Dyson outlines the position of women in politics in the Pacific

Women's Affairs Minister Ruth Dyson talks about women's potential in business - cultivating our entrepreneurial spirit.

A research project to improve Pacific women’s economic well-being has been awarded $180,000 in government funding over the next two years, Women’s Affairs Minister Ruth Dyson announced today.

Women's Affairs Minister Ruth Dyson outlines student debt for women, pay equity, and Women's Action Plan