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Champions for Change launches new parental leave framework to strengthen gender equity in workplaces

Champions for Change launches new parental leave framework to strengthen gender equity in workplaces Champions for ...

Global Women and PwC host #LeadersLegendsLuminaries: Her Story is Just the Beginning

In honour of International Women’s Day 2025, Global Women and our principal partner PwC are tonight ...

World-First Research Highlights Need to Support Mothers in Leadership

With the motherhood penalty continuing to be a leading cause of gender inequity in senior leadership, ...

#EightPercentMatters: Kiwi women effectively working for free from 2:38pm today

#EightPercentMatters Today we are calling on all New Zealanders to reflect on the role they can ...

Watch: Kiwi women say menopause negatively affects their work, 1news.co.nz

¼ women feel like their work capacity was halved during menopause. On the contrary, most employers, ...

Menopause and the workplace: Theresa Gattung and Michelle Russell’s interview with NZHerald.co.nz

As part of our advocacy to get transparent about Menopause, our Chair, Theresa Gattung, gets candid ...

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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 Memorial Museum ...

Cultural diversity in Aotearoa

Once upon a time, a young girl went to her tīpuna and asked, “What is leadership ...

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 ...

Why Be Bold For Change?

The World Economic Forum’s Global Gender Gap report predicts that at our current rate of change ...

2017 Women in Work Index places NZ pay gap at 6%

Each year, PwC releases a Women in Work Index which assesses women in the workplace across ...

Fast Four Questions: Simon O’Connor, EY

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

Fast Four Questions: David Hisco, ANZ

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

Building the Māori and Pasifika leaders of tomorrow

“Change will not come if we wait for some other person or if we wait for ...

Activating emerging women leaders

Building leadership talent that is curious, authentic, and values-driven. To help New Zealand be truly successful—commercially, ...

Lawyer Emily Morrow on her formative years

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

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 ...

Fletcher Building proud to fly the rainbow flag

Fletcher Building received its Rainbow Tick certification last December, the first New Zealand construction and building ...