A just society will maintain the rights that women have fought for.
We are women and men who believe in democracy, equality and biological reality. Clarity about sex is critical for safeguarding the human rights of everybody.
The Party honours the women of Aotearoa NZ, who won the right to vote in 1893, the first self-governing nation in the World to legislate women’s suffrage.
The Women’s Rights Party has formed 130 years later out of a concern for the erosion of the rights of women and girls.
We combine this history with the imperative to create a society in which women are autonomous, and all women, men and children can live in harmony with each other to protect the future for our children and their children.
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Janice Raymond’s Prophetic Classic
Lierre Keith and Marian Rutigliano, discuss the book written by Janice Raymond in 1979, based on her 1977 PhD dissertation, and later updated in 1994. The book “The Transsexual Empire” shows that some women were onto the “transgenderism” phenomenon well before it became a social issue in the 21st Century. Lierre Keith, executive director of
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Jill Ovens talks to RCR about NZ Human Rights Commission proposed law change
The Commission is recommending changes to most of the 19 existing exceptions in the Human Rights Act that currently allow people to be treated differently based on their sex, such as sports, changing facilities and toilets, or shared accommodation. For background context, see our press release about the NZ Human Rights Commission proposals.
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Sex matters in life, language and law
“It couldn’t be worse,” the Women’s Rights Party says on the release today of the New Zealand Law Commission Report ‘Ia Tangata’ recommending to the Government that “gender identity or its equivalents in the cultures of the person” (which the report suggests should be defined to include gender expression); and “having an innate variation of
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‘No debate’ allowed on including men in the Working Women’s Charter
The Council of Trade Unions National Affiliates on Friday approved a process to revise the Working Women’s Charter, a legacy of former union leader and Labour Party MP Sonja Davies from the 1970s. The final adoption of the Working Women’s Charter in 1980 by the NZ Federation of Labour and many other organisations, including State
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Sex matters when it comes to human rights
Last week [28 July] the Human Rights Commission (HRC) changed its statement at the bottom of a media release about transgender guidelines in sport. Responding to complaints about misinformation stating that “gender identity and expression” are prohibited grounds of discrimination under the Human Rights Act when they are NOT, the HRC has responded to complainants
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