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FACTSHEET: How to Increase Board Diversity

Discover why having a diverse board is vital to a company’s success and understand how to ...

Factsheet: The Parental Leave Experience

Having a family can be a career derailer for women. To ensure that women remain in ...

Manternity

In 2017, approximately 300 New Zealand men took paid parental leave in 2017 versus more than ...

Kiwi Dads photographic exhibition showcases the need for equal access to parental leave

Kiwi Dads, a new public photographic exhibition and campaign to promote equal access to paid parental ...

Global Women is proud to launch the ‘Kiwi Dads’ exhibition

Inspired by the iconic Swedish Dads photo exhibition, Global Women and Parents At Work have co-created ...

FACTSHEET: The Importance of Parental Leave

It is vital that men, as well as women, take parental leave. This ensures that women ...

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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 ...