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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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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Adding ‘transgender’ and ‘nonbinary’ to Human Rights Act not a priority, Government says.
Well, well – the Government has responded to the Law Commission’s ‘Ia Tangata’ report, saying it is not a priority at this time. This is the report that recommended adding “people who are transgender, people who are non-binary, and people with innate variations of sex characteristics” to the Human Rights Act and making wide ranging
read moreJill Ovens On The Peaceful Protest Outside Western Springs College
Jill Ovens, Secretary of the Women’s Rights Party talks about the peaceful protest outside Western Springs College in Auckland.
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