Jill Ovens in conversation with Sean Plunket
Jill talks about her history in New Zealand’s leftist culture, her political history and the reasons for the formation of the Women’s Rights Party.
read morePaddy Gower Gets It Wrong About Sex And Gender
Children who are gender non-conforming or who could grow up to be attracted to the same sex, should be supported in this. It needs to be clear that while you can change your appearance, changing your sex is not biologically possible. You can’t change your DNA.
read morePolice At Auckland’s Albert Park Put Women At Risk
“We had to force our way through the crowd as the mob tried to attack us. I was knocked to the ground and kicked and punched and I lost the others. Kellie-Jay feared she would not get out alive”
read moreSelf sex-ID comes into effect today
Changes to the Births, Deaths, Marriages, Relationships and Registrations Act 2021 take effect today, 15 June. The changes allowing self sex-ID on birth certificates followed a relatively uncontroversial Bill to modernise registration of births, deaths and marriages introduced in 2017, but during the Select Committee process at the time, significant amendments were made to altering
read morePodcast: Meghan Murphy from Feminist Current talks with Jill Ovens
Meghan Murphy, a writer and journalist from Vancouver BC is the founder of Feminist Current. Feminist Current provides a unique perspective on gender, women’s rights, violence against women, pop culture, politics, current events, sexuality, and many other issues that are often underrepresented or misrepresented by mainstream, progressive, and feminist media sources. Meghan talks to Jill
read moreEvents: North Island Meeting and First Inaugural National Conference
Regional Meeting Members from the Upper North Island are warmly invited to attend our first regional meeting. This will be a great opportunity for you to meet other members of the Women’s Rights Party and to elect regional convenors to represent Auckland, Northland, Waikato and Bay of Plenty on the Women’s Rights Party Council. Janet
read moreLet’s put candidates on the spot on women’s rights
Voters should ask their candidates whether they agree that biological males should not compete in women’s or girls’ sports where there are issues of fairness and/or safety, for example in contact sport.
read moreTurn Up For Women
We chose the tagline of ‘We can’t always act up, we can’t always speak up, but we can always turn up’ as a nod to the cancelling of women’s voices at Auckland’s Albert Park and the subsequent decision to cancel the Let Women Speak Wellington event
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