The New Zealand Human Rights Commission (NZHRC) has in the reporting period taken seriously its role in monitoring the State Party’s implementation of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW).
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:
- Violence against women
- Pay equality and pay equity
- Women’s representation and participation
- Disabled women’s status
- Young women’s unemployment and the effects of ethnicity
- Legislative change that impacts on women
- The adequacy of targets and benchmarks
- Publication and promotion of CEDAW
- The impacts of the Christchurch earthquake on women.