Strengthening Protections For Children
Lawmakers require accurate recording of the sex of victims and perpetrators to produce legislation that is fit for purpose. Current practices in data gathering make it impossible to track changes in the pattern of offending and should be reviewed with immediate effect.
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Children should not be subjected to questions in court about consent to alleged sexual activity
We endorse changes to the Act allowing automatic name suppression for all victims of sexual violence. But there are serious concerns over data collection.
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White Camellia Episode Three: The Cost Of Kindness
Kindness should not be used as an excuse to shut down dissent: Chimene del la Varas describes the cost to women of “kindness”.
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Our Submission to the United Nations: Aotearoa New Zealand Universal Periodic Review 2024
Women’s rights in Aotearoa are being actively eroded, and the government has not yet addressed the concerns that have been repeatedly raised by women. The Women’s Rights Party hope the UPR Review will take this issue seriously.
read more![Nearly half of voters aged 18-39 [49%] said, in a Curia Poll, they would consider giving the Women’s Rights Party their party vote in the upcoming Election.](https://womensrightsparty.nz/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/curia-poll-new-zealand-womens-rights-party-sept-2023-web1000.jpg)
Younger voters and Aucklanders most likely to consider voting Women’s Rights Party this Election
Overall 47% said “No” to the question: “Should men who identify as women (often called “transwomen”) be allowed to have free and unchecked entry into all designated single-sex spaces for women and girls?”
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White Camellia Podcast – Marking 130 Years of Women Voting in Aotearoa
This episode marks a period in our history when women struggled for recognition as full human beings and asks the question – is it really so different today?
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Words Are Boats
“In bureaucracy, we are no longer ‘women and men’, we are ‘persons’. But words are boats which carry meaning. I agree I am a person, but that I am a Woman is much more relevant – and important.”
read moreJill Ovens talks Posie Parker and Women’s Suffrage Day
Jill Oven discussess Posie Parker and police interference in New Zealand women’s political activity
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