women Archive

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  Another reason to care about equal pay - by Jan Logie

  
  
  
  Aside from the obvious ‘minor’ issues of justice, equality, child poverty, women’s ability to participate in society on an equal footing with men, ethnic/gender disparities and poverty, Australia has just given us another reason to care about Equal Pay. Fair Work Australia workplace tribunal has just made an historic equal play decision for aged care [...] read more
  February 3, 2012 10:07 am - 4 Comments
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  High time to eliminate violence against women - by Catherine Delahunty

  
  
  
  Today is the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women. Amnesty International begin its sixteen days of activism against gender-based violence, with events happening all over the country. This year there’s a focus on calling on the Solomon Islands to enact laws to protect women from violence, and working to defend Norma Cruz, [...] read more
  November 25, 2011 10:38 am - 5 Comments
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  Odds against women in the Pay Equity Wheel of Fortune - by Catherine Delahunty

  
  
  
  On Saturday, I went to the Grey Lynn festival to talk to people about our women’s policy, and draw attention to the inequities between women and men when it comes to paid work. We invited festival goers to spin the Pay Equity Wheel of Fortune – Show Me The Money! read more
  November 22, 2011 12:43 pm - 12 Comments
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  Graduates and gender pay equity - by Catherine Delahunty

  
  
  
  A new study from the Ministry of Education shows in many occupations tertiary qualifications make very little difference when it comes to the gender pay gap. Four years after graduating, women earn on average $4380 less than men with the same qualifications. The only professions where this is not the case are the performing arts [...] read more
  September 15, 2011 12:15 pm - 7 Comments
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  “Business attire” - by Sue Kedgley

  
  
  
  Intrigued by the Speaker’s ruling today that all women MPs should wear “business attire”, I sought guidance from Google. It appears that directing women to wear “business attire” is code for telling women to dress like men. So what I have deduced from the Speaker’s ruling is it is okay for women MPs to wear [...] read more
  June 7, 2011 5:42 pm - 31 Comments
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  Podcast: Courteney, Catherine and the WWG - by frog

  
  
  
  In our most recent podcast we talk to Courteney, 19-year-old mum of 8-month-old Summer, and first year law student at Victoria University, about her experiences balancing parenting and study on the DPB, and her thoughts on the Welfare Working Group’s final report. read more
  March 31, 2011 11:00 am - 4 Comments
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  Democracy in NZ: Lost, Stolen or just Mislaid? - by frog

  
  
  
  Last weekend Jeanette Fitzsimons delivered the inaugural Rod Donald Memorial lecture to a packed audience in Christchurch. Here are some highlights of the speech and you can read the whole thing here. Running through the history of democracy has been the issue of just who is a member of society? In ancient Athens women and [...] read more
  November 23, 2010 12:22 pm - 21 Comments
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  GEO Group record in private prisons – very very bad - by Metiria Turei

  
  
  
  One of the companies that is apparently in discussions with National to run a private prison is The GEO Group Inc. They ran the Auckland Central Remand Prison when it was privatised. John Key is reported as saying that they produced “very good results”. The GEO Group, Inc. is part of the The Wackenhut Corporation, [...] read more
  March 12, 2009 11:08 am - 27 Comments
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  Pay Parity Fax to Ryall: Do it Today! - by Metiria Turei

  
  
  
  The HandMirror and others are running a campaign against the Governments decision to can the pay parity roll out through the state sector. Its a no-brainer: women are still getting paid less than men in equivalent roles with equivalent experience. Surely the state sector is the first place where women are treated equitably in thier [...] read more
  March 6, 2009 12:08 pm - 23 Comments
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  White Ribbon windup - by frog

  
  
  
  Another day, another coloured ribbon. Yesterday, many kiwis spent the day adorned with a white ribbon to show that they don’t condone violence against women. Raising awareness is a key objective of such days and I was disappointed that I did not see any particularly overt press on the subject. For me, the most salient [...] read more
  November 26, 2008 12:08 pm - 65 Comments
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  An immigrant woman’s paradise - by frog

  
  
  
  There was an odd story from the Herald today on an immigration debate in Auckland. Keith was at the debate and was one of the most vocal speakers there, outlining the Green’s strong human rights stance on immigration. Yet he got no mention at all in the article that found space to note the attendance [...] read more
  September 29, 2008 9:52 pm - 57 Comments
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  Solar-power plane breaks unmanned flight record - by frog

  
  
  
  LONDON (AP) — The manufacturer of an ultra-lightweight plane says the aircraft has broken the world record for longest-lasting unmanned flight. Next week I hear the manufacturer will also be taking on the unwomaned flight record. More details here. read more
  August 25, 2008 2:37 pm - 3 Comments
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  The modern face of New Zealand - by frog

  
  
  
  It was surprisingly accurate to hear John Key describing his party’s recently announced list on Morning Report this morning as the “modern face of New Zealand”. David Farrar is calculating the list promises, on current polling, that only 26% National MPs will be women.  I guess that is a fair depiction of the modern face [...] read more
  August 18, 2008 8:38 am - 32 Comments
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  What women want - by frog

  
  
  
  Following up on the conversation generated by my post on the green credentials of women executives, I cannot help but ask on this male dominated forum just what it is that women DO want? I’m not asking in any Mel Gibson movie type way. That’s been done to death and this is a political blog. [...] read more
  July 21, 2008 8:38 am - 59 Comments
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  Yet another job for feminism to solve - by frog

  
  
  
  Treehugger notes that women managers make greener business decisions: Put that in the context of New Zealand and Human Rights Commission’s 2008 Census of Women’s Participation [pdf], which shows that 8.65% of directors in New Zealand’s top hundred listed companies are women. This comprises 54 female directorships held by 45 women out of the total of 624 [...] read more
  July 19, 2008 8:09 am - 27 Comments
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  Abortion again - by frog

  
  
  
  Religious fundies have looked like they have been trying for some time to find an issue that will allow them to wriggle onto the election agenda this year.  And so, it was little surprise that this week they (they being the usual suspects; Gordon Copeland, Voice for Life, The Family Party, the Kiwi Party, Family [...] read more
  June 11, 2008 10:40 am - 162 Comments
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  Ladies - by frog

  
  
  
  I enjoyed Hillary Clinton’s attempt to make a joke about Helen Clark.  Presumably her comment was premeditated and her motive for even bothering to name Helen Clark was to highlight that other countries had female political leaders.  I guess at least that is one thing we in New Zealand don’t seem to need to contest [...] read more
  April 22, 2008 8:28 am - 18 Comments
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  For appearance’s sake - by frog

  
  
  
  The Green Party is in the unique position that 2/3rds of our MPs are women. So one of the things I really notice in the parliamentary precinct is the way those women are judged on their appearance, clothes and hair style in a way that men never are. Some of the attacks they endure are [...] read more
  March 29, 2008 7:23 pm - 28 Comments
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  Is oil repressing women’s rights? - by frog

  
  
  
  According to a UCLA academic there might be an inverse link between oil production and women’s rights: He argues that women’s participation in the formal labor force is a driving force in the development of women’s rights and participation. Oil production tends to crowd out local manufacturing, and so oil crowds out job opportunities for [...] read more
  March 8, 2008 11:10 pm - 14 Comments