by BPW New Zealand | Dec 20, 2017 | Violence against women
From Voices, 3:30 pm on 18 December 2017 Lynda Chanwai-Earle, Producer @LyndaChanwaiEar lynda.chanwai-earle@radionz.co.nz ‘Don’t take the women and children out of the home – put the man in a safe place instead’, is the philosophy of Gandhi Nivas – a...
by BPW New Zealand | Jun 4, 2017 | Violence against women
ANUJA NADKARNI Last updated 05:00, June 4 2017 Supermarket chain Countdown is the latest to make a submission to select committee to back Green Party MP Jan Logie’s proposed domestic violence victim protection bill. National backed the bill in March taking it...
by BPW New Zealand | Jun 2, 2017 | Article - Newspapers, Violence against women
2 Jun, 2017 5:00am A nurse has spoken about losing her job after suffering violence and rape at the hands of her partner – urging Parliament to back domestic violence leave. MPs on the justice and electoral committee thanked Ann Simmons for her bravery after...
by BPW New Zealand | May 25, 2017 | Submissions, Violence against women
24th May 2017 Justice and Electoral Committee Parliament Building Wellington 6140 New Zealand E-mail: Justice.Electoral@parliament.govt.nz Re: Submission on the Family and Whānau Violence Legislation Bill This submission is from the NZ Federation of Business...
by BPW New Zealand | Apr 14, 2017 | Forced marriages, Violence against women
2:42 PM Thursday Apr 13, 2017 National MP Joanne Hayes. PHOTO/ANDREW BONALLACK A bill designed to protect teenagers from forced marriages will go before Parliament. The private member’s bill by National MP Joanne Hayes changes the consent requirements for 16 and...
by BPW New Zealand | Mar 9, 2017 | Violence against women
Media Release: For immediate Release The New Zealand Federation of Business & Professional Women (BPW NZ) are pleased that Parliament chose to support women workers who are victims of violence. “The passing of the first reading of the Green Party’s Domestic...
