Manatū Wāhine Ministry for Women, New Zealand

Today we’re pleased to launch a toolkit that supports all organisations, regardless of size or sector, to measure, understand, and take action to close their gender pay gap! 📈The toolkit includes an online calculator, a downloadable customised action plan, and supporting guidance and resources. ➡️ Click here to check out the tool and get started to take action to close your organisation’s gender pay gap: https://lnkd.in/g8k84i_g ➡️This is just the beginning! This toolkit will continue to be developed, so please get in touch with us GenderPayGap.Toolkit@women.govt.nz if you have any questions or feedback. 🗣️We’d also love to hear from any organisation that uses it to take action on their gender pay gap! 🌟Thank you to all the organisations that gave their time and expertise to help develop the toolkit! Including: Spark New Zealand, ANZ, New Zealand Law Society Te Kāhui Ture o Aotearoa, Tonkin + Taylor, Transpower New Zealand, Port of Auckland, The Diversity Agenda, Champions for Change, Global Women, BusinessNZ #KnowYourGenderPayGap

Congratulations to this year’s New Year Honours recipients! 🎉🎉🎉 At 27 years old, Dame Lydia Ko is New Zealand’s youngest ever recipient of this top honour! ✨✨ After a stellar year in her incredible career, which included a Gold medal at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games and being inducted into the LPGA Hall of Fame, Lydia Ko is so deserving to add ‘Dame’ to her list of achievements! 🏌️♀️🏆 Alongside Dame Lydia, Dame Julie Chapman, founder of KidsCan and Pet Refuge, was recognised for her lifelong devotion to fighting child poverty and Dame Nea Ingrid Collins, business leader and longtime chair of the Whāngārā Farms partnership, was recognised for her services to Māori, business, and health governance. Other women recognised for their services include: 🌟 Nadia Lim for services to the food industry. 🌟 Kate Sylvester for services to the fashion industry. 🌟 Professor Rawinia Higgins for services to Māori language, education, and governance. 🌟 Kirsten (KP) Patterson for services to governance and women. Congratulations to the three Knights Companion (KNZM) - business leaders and philanthropists John Gallagher and Ted Manson, and Honorary Professor Peter Skelton for his work in Christchurch’s post-earthquake recovery. Overall, there were 190 people recognised for their achievements and service to the community, of which 47% are many talented women across health, sports, arts, and education. Ngā mihi nui to all the women recognised for your leadership and trailblazing service and contributions on behalf of all women and girls 💜💜💜 See the full list of recipients below: https://lnkd.in/g2Cy7mKb

From all of us at Manatū Wāhine Ministry for Women, Meri Kirihimete and happy holidays! 🎄🎁🏖️ Thank you to everyone who has partnered with us this year to help make Aotearoa New Zealand a great place for women and girls 💜🧡 Our office will be closed from 5pm, 24 December 2024 and reopening on 6 January 2025. The holiday period is a time of celebration, but can also a time of hardship for many. If you need immediate help, call 111. If you’re unable to speak, stay silent, and follow the operator’s instructions. If you’re in danger and you cannot call 111, leave and get out of harm’s way. Your safety comes first. Get to a safe distance and then call 111 or get somebody to call for you. If you need help, visit New Zealand Police's website to find out more: https://lnkd.in/gg-55DdZ We hope you and your whānau stay safe over the summer, and wish you a happy holidays and a well-deserved break 💜🧡🌟☀️🌸

🌟 The last issue of our newsletter, Te Karanga, for 2024 is now live! 🌟 ➡️ Click here to read more, including a wrap-up of 2024 from our Chief Executive and Secretary for Women, Kellie Coombes: https://lnkd.in/gjtd62a9 As 2024 comes to an end, there have been some wonderful achievements over the past year towards improving the lives of women and girls in Aotearoa New Zealand. It’s been wonderful to partner with so many of you to make a real difference 💜🧡 We look forward to working together next year in 2025!

The energy sector is taking action to close the gender pay gap! ⚡🏆 Hear from Transpower New Zealand New Zealand’s Executive GM People, Brighid Kelly talk about what's needed to increase women’s participation in the industry and close the gender pay gap. 📽️ Click the link to watch the full video, also featuring Powerco's CEO, James Kilty! https://lnkd.in/gP7Uq3SK Thank you to the Mana Wāhine | Power Women members for leading the way and being champions for gender equality! 💜💜 ➡️ Read more about what organisations across the country are doing to take action to close the gender pay gap: https://lnkd.in/gp6KQVnw #KnowYourGenderPayGap

⏰⏰ Reminder! ⏰⏰ Submissions close 5pm, Friday 20 December for on the proposed topic for our 2025 Long-term Insights Briefing (LTIB): ‘Free to lead: tackling the effects of online harm on the pipeline of future women leaders’. Complete the survey here: https://lnkd.in/gk_XjzG6 ✉️ If you have any questions, email korero@women.govt.nz.

Yesterday, the Government launched the second Te Aorerekura Action Plan to give effect to the National Strategy to Eliminate Family Violence and Sexual Violence. The Ministry is an associate agency to this work, and we will continue to provide support and advice through this next phase. Find out more about the Action Plan: https://lnkd.in/gWYbSyXh Te Puna Aonui

We launched the gender pay gap toolkit one month ago, and it’s recently reached a milestone of 10,000 views on our website! 🎉🎉🎉 The gender pay gap toolkit has an online calculator, resources, and advice to support New Zealand organisations measure, understand, and take action on their gender pay gap 📈⚖️ ➡️ Check out the toolkit at https://lnkd.in/g8k84i_g

Today is World Human Rights Day, a day to mark the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) on 10 December 1948 🌎🧡🌍🧡🌏🧡 📜 This landmark document enshrines rights that everyone is entitled to as a human being regardless of race, colour, religion, sex, gender, language, political or other opinion, national or social origin, property, birth, or other status. The theme for Human Rights Day 2024 is “Our Rights, Our Future, Right Now”, highlighting the continued relevance of human rights in addressing global challenges. As the final post in our #16DaysOfActivismAgainstGenderBasedViolence, this day recognises that it is a human right that women and girls are free from discrimination and violence 🧡🧡🧡 #16DaysOfActivismAgainstGenderBasedViolence #16DaysOfActivism #16days

Applications to join the New Zealand Government Delegation to the 69th session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW69) close this Friday, 13 December, at 12pm! Are you passionate about gender equality and women’s empowerment? Don’t miss this opportunity to represent Aotearoa at the highest-level international forum on these issues, held from 10 to 21 March 2025 in New York. Get your applications in today! ➡️Find out more and apply now: https://lnkd.in/gSkxw7pK ➡️Find out more about CSW69 on the UN Women website: https://lnkd.in/gtcZ4pku