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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Support for ”What is a Woman” Bill by Left-leaning Party voters has shifted markedly in the past year
On the day [Wednesday, 20 May] of the first reading of NZ First MP Jenny Marcroft’s Private Member Bill to define sex in law in biological terms, a new Curia poll has shown more New Zealand voters agree than disagree across all political parties. Support from Left-leaning Party voters has shifted markedly from a poll
read moreMinistry of Health should place higher priority on mental health of women and girls
Everyone who needs mental health support in New Zealand, including women, deserves timely access to quality mental health and addiction support, the Women’s Rights Party said in its submission to the Ministry of Healths draft Mental Health and Wellbeing Strategy. Submissions closed this week. However, aside from references to pregnant women and parents with young
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Our Submission on the Draft Mental Health and Wellbeing Strategy
Introduction The Women’s Rights Party was formed in 2023 as a voice for women whose interests were being ignored by most sectors of society in the name of inclusivity. As a registered democratic political party that is advocating strongly for the interests of women and children, we are an organised force for change. The Women’s
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Mum’s the word – NOT! Health NZ skirts around using the word ‘mother’, unless it’s unavoidable.
Health NZ has recently released Tuituia te Kahu – the national Bereavement Care Pathway for Perinatal Loss. This 184-page “framework of nine national standards” is designed to guide “compassionate, consistent, high-quality care for whānau who experience perinatal loss and outline optimal perinatal bereavement care across the health system”. Women’s Rights Party Co-leader Jill Ovens says
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Lawyers ask the Speaker’s Office why it has refused to fly theSuffrage flag on Suffrage Day?
Lawyers for a Women’s Rights Party member have written to the Office of the Speaker asking them to reconsider her request to fly the Suffrage flag annually on Suffrage Day, 19 September. The Women’s Rights Party says the Speaker’s Office declined the request on dubious grounds, initially saying: “We normally fly country flags of visiting
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