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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

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Wellington, N.Z. New Zealand Human Rights Commission 2012Description: electronic document (25 p.); PDF fileISBN:
  • 978-0-478-35613-7
Subject(s): Online resources: Summary: "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]
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"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]