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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Putting Women’s Rights on the ballot in October
A Women’s Rights Party of women and men who see a growing and urgent need for a strong voice to advocate for and protect women’s rights in Aotearoa New Zealand, is organising to register for the General Election in October. The Women’s Rights Party has launched a social media campaign to sign up the required
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Quality affordable childcare a huge issue for women
The newly founded Women’s Rights Party is pleased to hear of the campaign launch for a Fair Pay Agreement for early childhood educators (ECE teachers) and other staff. Women’s Rights Party national secretary Jill Ovens says currently only registered ECE teachers are being paid in line with other teachers due to a subsidy paid by
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What Women Want
The newly founded Women’s Rights Party is hoping that tomorrow the Government will address issues that continue to challenge women across Aotearoa New Zealand. Women’s Rights Party National Secretary, Jill Ovens, says from childcare to paid maternity leave, pay equity to funding for women’s health priorities, women need the Government to step up and start
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United Nations statement on women’s right to speak without fear
UN issues Statement on right of women and girls to speak on sex, gender and gender identity without intimidation or fear The Women’s Rights Party welcomes today’s statement by Reem Alsalem, the UN Special Rapporteur on violence against women and girls. In the statement, Alsalem states that “threats and intimidation against women expressing their opinions
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Why We Created The Women’s Rights Party
The Women’s Rights Party can be the catalyst for the mobilisation of the women of Aotearoa New Zealand to defend and extend their rights to live and flourish as women in a country that respects and upholds their right to do so.
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