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Status of Women in new zealand
New Zealand's 6th CEDAW report to the United Nations has been released.
1910
1911
A means-tested widows pension was introduced, with benefits for dependent children.
1913
Housewives' unions were formed in all the main centres, concerned with family and community, and international peace. In 1939, the unions and the housewives' associations formed the New Zealand Housewives' Association, which lasted, under various names, until the 1970s.
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Ellen Melville was elected the first woman city councillor. She sat on the Auckland City Council for 33 years, its longest serving member. Image: Courtesy National Library Timeframes collection © copyright conditions |
1914
The Public Servants Association Conference demanded equal pay and privileges for women employees.
1914-19
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During the First World War Ettie Rout initiated the New Zealand Volunteer Sisters Nursing Service in New Zealand and Cairo, promoting the use of contraceptives amongst Australasian soldiers to prevent the spread of venereal disease.
Women led Māori opposition to conscription, especially in the Waikato.
1917
The National Council of Women was revived, after being in recess since 1906.
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Alice Cossey became secretary of the Auckland Tailoresses' Union, which she held for 28 years. She was one of New Zealand's first professional female unionists. Image: Courtesy National Library Timeframes collection © copyright conditions |
1919
Women won the right to stand for the general elections when the Women's Parliamentary Rights Act was passed. None of the four women who stood in the 1919 election was elected.
