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A massive survey on workplace gender has been released, aimed at giving companies better insights into their female talent base. Champions for Change, a business group which champions diversity, surveyed more than 80,000 employees in 29 organisations, including some of New Zealand’s largest companies. … This year’s survey confirmed women were under-represented in senior management roles, tailing off from general management level. Women and men were
The heartbreak of the New Zealand Wars has been remembered with prayer, song – and a challenge to look past our country’s “bleached” history. Under a threatening sky about 250 people gathered at Kihikihi’s Rewi Maniapoto Reserve on Sunday morning to commemorate the New Zealand Wars. October 28 has been set aside as a national day to commemorate
Appointing a Kiwi Race Relations Commissioner is on hold while an international human rights lawyer sues the Minister of Justice over the selection process. Colin Henry, a Jamaican-born Aucklander, claims the process was unlawful. The former commissioner, Dame Susan Devoy, left in June, after a damning Ministerial review into a sexual harassment scandal, which identified serious “toxic”
Last week, the Human Rights Foundation filed a submission on the proposed amendments to the Crown Minerals Act 1991. These amendments are those intended to give effect to the ban on new offshore oil and gas exploration announced earlier this year. We made two points in our submission, namely that: Climate change is a human
Six women who have sought abortion care and the Abortion Law Reform Association have taken a complaint to the Human Rights Commission alleging abortion laws discriminate against women and pregnant people. ALRANZ’s complaint to the commission on behalf of the women alleges “people who seek abortion care receive different and demonstrably worse treatment than other people seeking health care”,
Distinguished human rights advocate and lawyer Professor Paul Hunt has been appointed as Chief Human Rights Commissioner, Justice Minister Andrew Little announced today. Mr Little also announced the appointment of Dr Saunoamaali’i Karanina Sumeo as Equal Employment Opportunities Commissioner. Professor Hunt joins the Human Rights Commission from Essex University in Britain, but had previously served
While we have countries that are busy building walls and strewing their borders with barbed wire, the Government has just agreed to increase its annual refugee to 1500 people starting in 2020. This is a welcome commitment and one that we should celebrate because it represents an important step in recognising our role in responding to
Abstract: Human trafficking is a global issue that has seen increased public awareness in the past 30 years. Depictions of human trafficking in the media and entertainment industry lead to an inaccurate understanding of the nature and extent of this problem. This address discusses some of the myths and inaccurate perceptions that result from these
The Government has announced it will be increasing the refugee quota to 1500 within this term. Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said “we need to make sure we have the housing available – that includes social housing.” “We knew we had to do this responsibly.” The increase to 1500 refugees a year will take place from
The Human Rights Foundation’s Deborah Manning, who has advised families of people killed in police pursuits, says Māori may not be getting the same level of discretion as others when police choose to pursue a vehicle. The situation Police figures show Māori make up more than half of people warned or charged following police pursuits.
