New Zealand Human Rights Commission's report to the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW): participation for NHRIs, 52nd session, 18 July 2012
McGregor, Judy
New Zealand Human Rights Commission's report to the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW): participation for NHRIs, 52nd session, 18 July 2012 Judy McGregor - Wellington, N.Z. New Zealand Human Rights Commission 2012 - electronic document (25 p.); PDF file
"This paper outlines:
Introduction
A brief overview of the New Zealand environment
The key issues identified as continuing challenges to the implementation of CEDAW by New Zealand. These are:
o Violence against women
o Pay equality and pay equity
o Women’s representation and participation
o Disabled women’s status
o Young women’s unemployment and the effects of ethnicity
o Legislative change that impacts on women
o The adequacy of targets and benchmarks
o Publication and promotion of CEDAW
o The impacts of the Christchurch earthquake on women." [from Executive Summary. Violence against women is discussed in paragraphs 24 - 41. The follwoing recommendations are made:
"Violence against women Develop a timetable for the implementation of recommendations from the Report of the Taskforce for Action on Sexual Violence, Improve the level of Government chief executive representation on the Taskforce for Action on Family Violence and ensure adequate resourcing of the Family Violence Unit, Commit to the publication of regular data collection disaggregated by gender, ethnicity and disability across all forms of violence against women and girls, Ensure that systematic data is collected to monitor the effectiveness of legislation, policy and practice relating to all forms of abuse, violence and harassment within schools, including the gendered aspects of cyber-bullying" [page 1]
978-0-478-35613-7
WOMEN
YOUNG WOMEN
YOUNG PEOPLE
VIOLENCE
HUMAN RIGHTS
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
MĀORI
SEX DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN
PACIFIC PEOPLES
INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE
PASIFIKA
DISABLED PEOPLE
SEXUAL VIOLENCE
NEW ZEALAND
New Zealand Human Rights Commission's report to the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW): participation for NHRIs, 52nd session, 18 July 2012 Judy McGregor - Wellington, N.Z. New Zealand Human Rights Commission 2012 - electronic document (25 p.); PDF file
"This paper outlines:
Introduction
A brief overview of the New Zealand environment
The key issues identified as continuing challenges to the implementation of CEDAW by New Zealand. These are:
o Violence against women
o Pay equality and pay equity
o Women’s representation and participation
o Disabled women’s status
o Young women’s unemployment and the effects of ethnicity
o Legislative change that impacts on women
o The adequacy of targets and benchmarks
o Publication and promotion of CEDAW
o The impacts of the Christchurch earthquake on women." [from Executive Summary. Violence against women is discussed in paragraphs 24 - 41. The follwoing recommendations are made:
"Violence against women Develop a timetable for the implementation of recommendations from the Report of the Taskforce for Action on Sexual Violence, Improve the level of Government chief executive representation on the Taskforce for Action on Family Violence and ensure adequate resourcing of the Family Violence Unit, Commit to the publication of regular data collection disaggregated by gender, ethnicity and disability across all forms of violence against women and girls, Ensure that systematic data is collected to monitor the effectiveness of legislation, policy and practice relating to all forms of abuse, violence and harassment within schools, including the gendered aspects of cyber-bullying" [page 1]
978-0-478-35613-7
WOMEN
YOUNG WOMEN
YOUNG PEOPLE
VIOLENCE
HUMAN RIGHTS
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
MĀORI
SEX DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN
PACIFIC PEOPLES
INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE
PASIFIKA
DISABLED PEOPLE
SEXUAL VIOLENCE
NEW ZEALAND