Your Diversity & Inclusion Strategy

Is it time Āotearoa embraced a parental leave registry?

It’s no secret that we believe that transparency is a key driver of change. From advocating for pay gap reporting with our Champions for Change,...

Champions for Change — working together to achieve inclusive prosperity for Aotearoa

In the final Champions for Change Summit for 2022, a panel comprising Jolie...

The Champions for Change Pluse-Check

Prosperity and our sense of Nationhood Te Tiriti o Waitangi lighting the...

Will Remote Work Help or Hinder the Pursuit of Equality?

Tides aren’t just changing when it comes to the status-quo of working styles....

Spark launches $1 million scholarship programme for Māori, Pasifika and women

When it comes to diversity in technology, women represent only 27% of the workforce. This, however, towers in comparison to the average Māori and...

KPMG Publishes Māui Rau Report 2022

Global Women Partners, KPMG New Zealand, have recently released the latest...

Dellwyn Stuart and KPMG win at 2022 Diversity Works Awards

This year’s 2022 Diversity Works Awards has yielded a win for not only a...

Inside NZ Police’s Wāhine Māori Recruitment Campaign

This year has seen no shortage of great strides made by Global Women Partners,...

Introducing our new Entrepreneur Leadership Programme

We’re proud to announce that we’re launching a first-of-its-kind program in Aotearoa New Zealand in a mission to increase opportunity and...

Member Vanisa Dhiru on portfolio careers, intersectionality, and why she doesn’t want anyone to be the underdog

A key cornerstone in the Global Women Kaupapa is to influence the communities...

Member Vanessa Sorenson on Microsoft’s partnership with TupuToa to boost Māori and Pacific tech leaders

We’ve talked at length about the power in creating strong talent pipelines to...

Women now make up a quarter of New Zealand’s police force

A new milestone has been reached in New Zealand Police’s mission to reflect...

Introducing Diversity Works’ Aotearoa Inclusivity Matrix

Measurable and actionable goals are key to a successful D&I strategy. Diversity Works’ has created a new tool to help all organisations...

Congratulations to our Partners who have won Employers of Choice 2020 Awards

In a year that’s seen no shortage of shake-ups and constant disruptions in...

Your D&I strategy in 2020

To help kickstart your 2020 D&I strategy we’ve collated our top articles...

Fast 4 Questions: Miranda Burdon

Miranda Burdon has been the CEO of Global Women for the last three years. She...

Do we need a diversity and inclusion strategy?

To successfully achieve diversity in leadership at your organisation, you need a strategy and a plan of action. What is a workplace diversity and...

FACTSHEET: Your Diversity and Inclusion Strategy

To successfully achieve diversity in leadership at your organisation, you need...

The 5 step diversity and inclusion strategy

Your Diversity and Inclusion Strategy should outline your vision and tell you...

FACTSHEET: The Business Case for Diversity and Inclusion

Building a diverse and inclusive workplace isn’t just a...

How inclusive do New Zealand workplaces feel?

Global Women Inclusive Workplace Cultures Report 2018 Inclusive cultures good for business, employees more engaged and productive Respondents yearn...

Fast Four Questions: Sonia Breeze, Partner – Consulting | Deloitte New Zealand

Global Women recently collaborated with major partner Deloitte on our Inclusive...

When the odds are stacked against you

Most men find it hard to believe, but the evidence is overwhelming. Both men...

Champions for Change publishes 2018 progress report

It is with tremendous pleasure that we open year three of the Champions for...

The commercial incentive of diversity

When Kate McKenzie started as Chorus chief executive one year ago, she also became the sole woman at the head of an NZX 50 company. We sat down with...

Why it’s essential to share the case for diversity

It’s 2018 and women are still swimming against the tide of deeply ingrained,...

Reimagining Diversity at Genesis

Three out of eight of Genesis Energy’s executive leadership team are women...

What the future of work really means for you

He’s on a zero-hour contract, his job is about to be taken over by a robot,...

Top business leaders pledge to fast-track workplace gender diversity at 1 Day for Change symposium

On Suffrage Day, September 19, at the 1 Day for Change symposium organised by Global Women, hundreds of business leaders shared advice on how to...

Time to act, says gender diversity Roundtable

As part of our commitment to encouraging, inspiring and driving increased...

Leading-edge diversity and ethnicity reporting tool launched by New Zealand business Champions

Forty-four of New Zealand’s leading private and publicly-listed companies...

But Why? Taking another look at the importance of cultural diversity in business

On the morning of 4 April, Global Women partners got together at Auckland War...

Champions for Change launch Diversity Reporting initiative

The first report using this framework—on data for the 2017-2018 year—will be made in mid-2018 for review internally by the Champions group. The...

Fast Four Questions: Simon O’Connor, EY

A major sponsor of the YWCA Equal Pay Awards, Global Women investment partner...

Fast Four Questions: David Hisco, ANZ

Global Women partner ANZ recently won the Supreme Award at the YWCA Equal Pay...

Lawyer Emily Morrow on her formative years

“My early memories were of my mother telling me two things: One, you can do...

The Rise of the Rainbow Flag in Corporate New Zealand: Three things we learned

Global Women hosts quarterly diversity and inclusion (D&I) MeetUps as an opportunity for our corporate partners to get together and discuss a...

Fletcher Building proud to fly the rainbow flag

Fletcher Building received its Rainbow Tick certification last December, the...

Diversity of thought – the missing puzzle piece

‘Which Two Heads Are Better Than One? How diverse teams create breakthrough...

Leaders’ diversity pledge a ‘foot on the accelerator’

The Champions for Change summit has produced an action-oriented plan to...

EY ramps up momentum with a D&I council

To create an engaged and therefore productive workforce, employees need be able to bring their whole selves to work without feeling suppressed. EY...

Diane Foreman on growing your business – PwC Herald Talk

Global Women member and accomplished entrepreneur Diane Foreman won’t hire...

Increasing your Visibility: Lindsay Render’s journey

The Breakthrough Leaders programme launched a new concept this year entitled...

Launch of the Superdiversity Stocktake

The Superdiversity Stocktake was launched last night by prominent lawyer and...

Little School founder Maria Johnson: leader profile

Teachers who turn to entrepreneurship bring to the table a mix of curiosity, caring and ambition – Global Women member Maria Johnson is just that,...

Mihi Forbes, Monique Faleafa and Bo Li: panel on cultural intelligence

How culturally intelligent are we? On Tuesday Global Women hosted a powerful...

What Gets Measured Gets Done

This week Philippa Reed from Auckland Council joins us as a guest blogger....

New Zealand used to be about equal opportunities. Not anymore – Shamubeel Eaqub

Principal economist for the New Zealand Institute of Economic Research,...

New research into Maori grads may be key to Maori recruitment

When the Matariki stars appear around the shortest day of the year, Maori tradition says it predicts the harvest season – the brighter the stars,...

How can we create a diverse and inclusive workforce for our new graduates?

This week Global Women hosted the National Centre for Lifecourse Researchteam...