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New Zealand's 6th CEDAW report to the United Nations has been released.

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Tools & Resources

There is a wide range of websites that offer tools and resources to help you in your career; your profession; your home life; your social time; or just for the sake of knowing or sharing information. If you think there is other information of particular importance to women that should be here, please share it with us. Email me at mwa@mwa.govt.nz.


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The Ministry of Women’s Affairs is not responsible for the content of external internet sites.

  • Employment Question? Email your employment law questions in 200 words or less to careers@nzherald.co.nz with 'Your Rights' in the subject line. Lyndal Yaqub is a lawyer in the employment team with trans-tasman law firm DLA Phillips Fox. [April08]


  • Gender for Journalists toolkit produced by the Commonwealth Press Union (CPU): http://www.cpu.org.uk/cpu-toolkits/. This toolkit includes eight chapters focusing on gender-related media trends and research resources such as 'Gender Violence', 'Women's Inequality', 'Gender Tools, and 'Gender Agenda'.

  • GM Resource & Referral Directory is designed to enable you to reach services simply and swiftly in crisis situations http://www.gmd.net.nz/.

  • Her Business Network holds monthly meetings featuring a high profile speaker, aiming to improve the professional status of women in Wellington www.currentevents.co.nz/herbusiness.

  • Interpreters - The Asian Health Support Service: has Mandarin, Cantonese and Korean interpreters. Phone 09 4868314.

  • Maori Events http://www.panui.co.nz. This site aims to inform you of the upcoming hui/events/happenings in Maoridom throughout the motu.

  • New Zealand Family Violence Clearinghouse http://www.nzfvc.org.nz/. The New Zealand Family Violence Clearinghouse is the national centre for collating and disseminating information about domestic and family violence in Aotearoa New Zealand. The aim of the clearinghouse is to provide resources for people interested in working towards the elimination of family violence.

  • New Zealand Federation of Graduate Women has useful links to NZ voluntary organisations, professional associations, and government agencies promoting women's interests http://www.nzfgw.org.nz/links.htm.

  • Queenstown Businesswomen's Network QBN www.qbn.co.nz is a non-affiliated, non-profit group whose goal is to offer a cost effective promotional medium for companies of all sizes and present a broad selection of services and advice currently on offer in Queenstown for business orientated people.

  • Realwomen is a site dedicated to all the beautiful +size women of the world. www.realwomen.co.nz

  • Rotary New Zealand Rotarians provide assistance through mentoring programmes, mock job interviews, work experience, scholarships, community events and many more http://www.rotary.org.nz/.

  • Shakti in Auckland has safe houses available for Migrant women in crisis. You can ring the crisis line that has volunteers that speak many languages: 0800 742584 www.shakti.org.nz.

  • SisBiz is a network of women in business who meet once a month in the Wellington area to share information, give and receive referrals and to support each other. Email your details to Sarah at macmath@xtra.co.nz and she will send you details of up-coming gatherings.

  • Sorted www.sorted.org.nz.  See the calculators that can help you with your finances with your goals, saving, debt, mortgage, investments, retirement, help for students and those that are 60 plus.

  • Sortme www.sortme.org.nz  How sorted are you? By answering a few easy questions Sort Me can guide you along the road to financial fitness. Start your on-line financial check-up now.

  • Te Awe - Wellington Maori Business Network is a non-profit organisation committed to assist Maori in business and Maori business success. www.teawe.maori.nz

  • The Low Down A new website for youth on depression. Stories by NZ musicians and TV celebrities - Scribe, Boh Runga, Jaquie Clarke and more - talking about their experiences of depression. www.thelowdown.co.nz

  • They Work for You is a website for you to find out what your elected representatives are doing in Aotearoa New Zealand's Parliament http://theyworkforyou.co.nz/

  • Wikigender is your online platform to find and exchange information and experiences and to learn from each other's knowledge related to gender equality. www.wikigender.org/wiki/


  • Women's Business Web A networking and support group for women in business in the Tauranga/Mt Maunganui and surrounding region. We have monthly meeting with networking, dinner and a guest speaker.  Our website has articles, and information about WBW, the meetings and joining the group. www.womensbusinessweb.co.nz.

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