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Inside Fletcher Building’s Game-Changing Parental Leave Policy

Global Women Partners, Fletcher Building, has designed and implemented a brand new Parental Leave Policy. It ...

Let’s drop the Motherhood Penalty and make every mothers’ day

As we celebrate the mothers and figures in our life, we acknowledge every nuance of motherhood. ...

Champion For Change Matt Prichard on Shifting Parental Policies

Our Champion for Change, Matt Prichard, Executive Chairman at Partners KPMG New Zealand, gets candid in ...

Sharing the Parental Load + Fostering a Prosperous NZ

Earlier this year—precisely a year after our first lockdown— our Partners, Westpac, commissioned a report to ...

The Motherhood Penalty

We know that the Gender Pay Gap is a prevalent roadblock blocking women in Aotearoa and ...

FACTSHEET: Creating an Inclusive Culture

When companies offer a supportive, inclusive environment for a diverse workforce, they attract the top talent ...

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Welcome our New Members for October 2025!

Introducing our new members for October 2025 – a vibrant group of wāhine making their mark ...

Global Voices – Vivienne Hunt

Leadership Guided by Kotahitanga and Manaakitanga As part of our ongoing Member Interview Series, Jenni Prisk ...

Member Spotlight: Jenni Prisk on Episode 22 of Peacebuilding Initiatives

We’re excited to shine a light on the work of our Member Jenni Prisk, who recently ...

Global Voices: Su Duffey

Leadership grounded in Aotearoa values As part of our Member Interview Series, Global Women member and ...

Welcoming Our New Board Members: Judy O’Brien and Caroline Ovenstone

We’re delighted to officially welcome two outstanding wāhine toa to our board: Judy O’Brien and Caroline ...

Global Women recognises four new life and honorary members

In an affirmation of progress and purpose, Global Women welcomes four extraordinary leaders into its esteemed ...

Cultivating Regenerative Leadership

  From July 1–3, our Breakthrough Leaders cohort gathered in Ōtautahi Christchurch for a powerful three-day ...

Global Women Regional Chapters: The Pilot Begins

As part of Global Women’s strategic focus on strengthening member connection across the motu, we’re thrilled ...

Women in Leadership Insights to Action

  We often hear about the barriers holding women back from leadership—but what’s actually working to ...

Global Voices: Tanya Pitchforth

Future-focused leadership, grounded in whakapapa As part of our Member Interview Series, Global Women member and ...

Catherine O’Connell, for Global Women’s Member’s Mozaic, by Jenni Prisk

Catherine O’Connell is a trailblazer. She is the first foreign female to open and operate a ...

Leadership With Heart: Donna Cooper on Uplifting Women in the Regions

Authored by Global Women Member Jenni Prisk. As a strong values-led leader Donna, has more than ...