2010

Media releases will be posted as soon as they become available. Alternatively you can visit Hon Pansy Wong's website at http://www.beehive.govt.nz/minister/pansy+wong to see all her speeches and media releases.

Women's Affairs stocktake data goes online

'The Ministry of Women's Affairs will now publish its annual state sector stocktake results on its website', says Women's Affairs Minister Pansy Wong.
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CEDAW – Four-yearly ‘report card' on women's status underway

Preparation of New Zealand's seventh report to the United Nations on the status of women is well underway, says Women's Affairs Minister Pansy Wong.
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Focus on Gender Pay Gap Trend

The use of a consistent measurement standard over time allows for accurate comparisons of the gender pay gap figures.
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Shareholders' Association congratulated for women on boards focus

The number of women on company boards should get a welcome boost following a decision of the New Zealand Shareholders' Association (NZSA) to make it a priority. Read more>

Mobilise ethnic communities to speak up

Ethnic and Women's Affairs Minister Pansy Wong launched the Office of Ethnic Affairs and Ministry of Women's Affairs' joint Intimate Partner Violence Project's brochure - Speak Up, Seek Help, Safe Home yesterday.
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Brochure to raise domestic violence awareness

Ensuring ethnic communities have practical information about domestic violence and how to access support is the objective of the Intimate Partner Violence brochure launched today by Ethnic and Women's Affairs Minister Pansy Wong.
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NZ welcomes consolidated UN gender agency

Women's Affairs Minister Pansy Wong said today that strong advocacy from New Zealand was a factor in the announcement at the weekend that UN member states have agreed to establish a single entity for gender equality and the empowerment of women.  
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Progress on gender pay gap work

Women's Affairs Minister Pansy Wong joined the Certified Builders' Third year Apprentice Challenge winner and other Auckland tradeswomen for breakfast this morning to share stories about their work lives in male-dominated trades.
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Māori women's leadership in the performing arts acknowledged

Women's Affairs Minister Pansy Wong hosts today's He Wāhine Pūmanawa at the Lincoln Green Conference Centre in Henderson.  For 17 years since 1993, this annual event organised by the Ministry of Women's Affairs has celebrated the achievements of Māori women as tangata whenua.
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New Ministry of Women's Affairs' Chief Executive Announced

The State Services Commissioner, Iain Rennie, today announced the appointment of Rowena Phair to the position of Chief Executive of the Ministry of Women's Affairs.
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Progress on gender pay gap work

The Ministry of Women's Affairs will soon receive its second tranche of funding of $500,000 to continue work to address the gender pay gap.
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Room for women's roles in dairying to grow

There is room for New Zealand women's significant contribution to the dairying industry to extend to greater representation at board level, Women's Affairs Minister Pansy Wong said yesterday.
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A catalyst for change

The dismal record of having just 8.6 percent women directors in our top 100 listed companies' boardrooms needs to be changed, Women's Affairs Minister Pansy Wong told the Institute of Directors' AGM in Wellington today.
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UN makes progress on streamlined gender agency

Women's Affairs Minister Pansy Wong is pleased that the United Nations has made rapid progress on an issue that New Zealand lobbied strongly for at the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) in New York earlier this month.
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Equal rights, equal opportunities and progress for all

A recent study by the Ministry of Women's Affairs has revealed that only one year after entering employment an income gap of up to six percent develops between men and women with a bachelor's qualification or above.
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Minister lobbies for streamlined UN gender entity

New Zealand's support for the formation of a streamlined United Nations' (UN) gender entity is a central lobbying point for Minister Pansy Wong's visit to the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) in New York this week.
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NZ Champions Women at UN Commission

A record turnout of 9,000 participants to the 54th Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) is second only to the 10,000 participants at the Copenhagen Climate Change Conference.
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