Events

2012
Walk for Women 2012
UN Women New Zealand invites you to walk/run/bike individually or as a group to support Development Projects for Women in the Pacific and progress toward Millennium Development Goal Three (MDG 3) –To promote gender equality and empower women. Donate to Walk for Women or YOU set the date, the place and the pace!

Thousands of women and girls experience physical and sexual violence every year across the Pacific. Funds raised from Walk for Women 2012 go towards the Pacific Trust Fund to end violence against women in the Solomon Islands. More...

08 March 2012
International Women's day
In New Zealand, the UN Women's theme is “Equality means Business”.  This is the subtitle of the Women’s Empowerment Principles that will be launched by UN Women in New Zealand in February 2012.  It invites us to think about and advocate for the position of women in business at all levels.

There is also an international theme which is “Connecting girls, inspiring futures”. If every International Women’s Day event held in 2012 includes girls in some way, then thousands of minds will be inspired globally.

Events will be held around New Zealand.  See the UN Women website for more...

21-27 March 2012
CPA Commonwealth Women Parliamentarians (CWP) Pacific Region
Gender and Democracy Seminar - Women as Agents of Change

The Pacific Region CWP invites you to attend the 2011 CWP Gender and Democracy Seminar, which is to be held at the New Zealand Parliament in Wellington from 27 to 31 March 2011.    

The aim of the seminar is for women in the Pacific to work together to support potential women candidates and increase the representation of women in Pacific parliaments.  The conference is designed to:

• Foster closer relationships and networks between women parliamentarians and potential candidates in the Pacific region; 
• Provide the opportunity for the professional development of women parliamentarians and potential candidates in the Pacific region through knowledge sharing and capacity building; 
• Establish strategies to strengthen and support women candidates in the Pacific region. 

Workshop topics to be discussed include: 

1. Gender and Democracy in the Pacific – Why do we need to increase women’s parliamentary representation in the region? 

2. Strategies to increase women’s representation in Parliament, such as Temporary Special Measures, the Millennium Development Goals and CEDAW 

3. Campaigning for Women Candidates: Logistics, Funding, Support and Training – What’s required? 

4. Working with the media 

5. The role of NGO’s 

6. Conclusions and recommendations: Supporting Pacific Women as Agents of Change 

All women members of Parliament, potential women parliamentary candidates and women with an interest in gender and democracy in the region are encouraged to attend the seminar.  The seminar will open with a welcome reception on Sunday 27 March, followed by three days of workshop sessions, a closing dinner on Wednesday 30 March and an official departure day of Thursday 31 March. Registration fees for the conference are $350 NZD.

Please advise ashlee.betham@parliament.govt.nz if you would like to register or require further details.