Human Rights

Women's Issues

Recent Statements on Women's Issues

• Human Rights Council: 14th session: Women's Human Rights and the Right to Education: Statement by New Zealand on behalf of Canada, Australia and New Zealand, 7 June 2010
• 54th session of the Commission on the Status of Women: Statement by Hon Pansy Wong, Minister of Women's Affairs, New York, 1 March 2010
• UNGA 64: Third Committee: Advancement of Women: Statement by Helen Horsington, First Secretary, Permament Mission of Australia to the UN, on behalf of Canada, Australia and New Zealand, 13 October 2009
• Human Rights Council: 11th session: Statement on introduction of Resolution on maternal mortality and morbidity and human rights on behalf of New Zealand and Colombia, 17 June 2009
• Resolution on maternal mortality and morbidity and human rights as adopted by the Human Rights Council, 17 June 2009 (PDF 27KB)
• Human Rights Council (10th session): General Debate: Joint Statement - Maternal Mortality, 16 March 2009
• 53rd Commission on the Status of Women: Statement by Shenagh Gleisher, Chief Executive, Ministry of Women's Affairs, 5 March 2009
• 53rd Commission on the Status of Women: Item 3: Implementation of the Beijing Platform for Action with a focus on the shared responsibilities between men and women: Statement by Hon O'Love Jacobsen, Ministry of Health and Women's Affairs & Representative of Niue on behalf of Pacific Islands Forum, 4 March 2009
• UN Security Council: Women and Peace and Security: Statement by Kirsty Graham, NZ Deputy Permanent Representative, 19 June 2008
• Human Rights Council: 8th session: Rights of Women: Violence against women panel discussion: Statement by New Zealand and Canada, 5 June 2008
• Human Rights Council: 8th session: Rights of Women: Maternal, mortality and women's human rights panel discussion: Statement by New Zealand and Norway, 5 June 2008
• System Wide Coherence Gender Consultations: Statement by NZ Permanent Representative, HE Rosemary Banks, on behalf of Australia, Canada and New Zealand: 16 May 2008
• Human Rights Council: 7th session: NZ/Canada statement: Item 3: Interactive dialogue: Report of the Special Rapporteur on violence against women, its causes and consequences, 13 March 2008
• 52nd Commission on the Status of Women: Follow-up to the Fourth World Conference on Women, with a focus on financing for gender equality: Statement by NZ Representative, Ms Sonya Rimene, 27 Feb 2008
• UNGA 62: Third Committee Item 63(a) Advancement of Women: Joint New Zealand/Canadian explanation of vote on adoption of resolution A/C.3/62/L.16/Rev.1 on eliminating rape and other forms of sexual violence in all their manifestations, including in conflict and related situations, 14 November 2007
• UNGA 62: Third Committee Item 63(a): Advancement of Women: Statement by Janet Lowe, NZ delegate to the Third Committee, 16 October 2007
• Human Rights Council Sixth Session - Joint statement by New Zealand and Norway: Item 8: Integrating a gender perspective in the work of the Human Rights Council, 20 September 2007
• United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women: 39th Session: Sixth Periodic report of New Zealand, Opening Statement by Lianne Dalziel, Minister of Women's Affairs, 2 August 2007

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