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August 8, 2025
Analysis by Keith Rankin. In the wake of the recent release of labour force data (Household Labour Force Survey, HLFS, Nicola Willis bemoans ‘glass half empty’ view of unemployment figures, RNZ 6 August 2025), 1918-1920 National Party Leader Simon Bridges, has called for economic “stimulus” to rescue in particular the dire Auckland economy. (See Call ... <a title="Keith Rankin Analysis – Stimulate or Suffocate, in the light of Older Women’s Spending?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/08/08/keith-rankin-analysis-stimulate-or-suffocate-in-the-light-of-older-womens-spending/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin Analysis – Stimulate or Suffocate, in the light of Older Women’s Spending?">Read more</a>
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July 27, 2024
Pacific leaders have been called on to innovative and be bold to create gender equality and respond to gaps which exist in their efforts to bridge differences. Marshall Islands President Dr Hilda Heine said gender could not be addressed in isolation. “We must think also of how it intersects with our other challenges and opportunities ... <a title="President Heine calls for ‘bold responses’ for gender equality in the region" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/07/27/president-heine-calls-for-bold-responses-for-gender-equality-in-the-region/" aria-label="Read more about President Heine calls for ‘bold responses’ for gender equality in the region">Read more</a>
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July 15, 2024
By Ivy Mallam of Wansolwara Media professionals have been urged to undergo gender sensitisation training to produce more inclusive, accurate and ethical representation of women in the news. Fiji Women’s Rights Movement executive director Nalini Singh emphasised that such training would help avoid reinforcing harmful stereotypes and promote diverse perspectives, ensuring media coverage reflects the ... <a title="Nalini Singh calls for media coverage that ‘reflects realities of all genders’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/07/15/nalini-singh-calls-for-media-coverage-that-reflects-realities-of-all-genders/" aria-label="Read more about Nalini Singh calls for media coverage that ‘reflects realities of all genders’">Read more</a>
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September 20, 2023
Asia Pacific Report Auckland Deputy Mayor Desley Simpson welcomed a large crowd on Suffrage Day yesterday to celebrate at a memorial to mark 130 years of women in Aotearoa New Zealand having the right to vote. Speakers included Challen Wilson, a National Council of Women member and great granddaughter of Mere Te Tai Mangakāhia; Isabelle ... <a title="Deputy mayor pays tribute to ‘fearless advocacy’ of suffragettes 130 years ago" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/09/20/deputy-mayor-pays-tribute-to-fearless-advocacy-of-suffragettes-130-years-ago/" aria-label="Read more about Deputy mayor pays tribute to ‘fearless advocacy’ of suffragettes 130 years ago">Read more</a>
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March 30, 2023
Analysis by Keith Rankin. Sex Whoever would have predicted that the definition of ‘male’ and ‘female’ could ever become a matter of contention? My professional life has been in political economy, which includes social science and humanities: philosophy, economics, history, statistics, demography, and geography. Demography in particular, requires a biological definition. The objective science of ... <a title="Keith Rankin Analysis – Sex, Gender, Demography and Culture Wars" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/03/30/keith-rankin-analysis-sex-gender-demography-and-culture-wars/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin Analysis – Sex, Gender, Demography and Culture Wars">Read more</a>
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March 27, 2023
Analysis by Dr Bryce Edwards. Political Roundup: The Ugly stoking of a culture war in election year This weekend saw a showdown between two tribes of contemporary gender politics: those in favour of progressing transgender rights versus women wishing to defend their spaces. It’s a debate with huge passion, outrage and consequences. The figure at the ... <a title="Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: The Ugly stoking of a culture war in election year" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/03/27/bryce-edwards-political-roundup-the-ugly-stoking-of-a-culture-war-in-election-year/" aria-label="Read more about Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: The Ugly stoking of a culture war in election year">Read more</a>
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March 8, 2023
Asia Pacific Report A group of “pink shoes” women in Aotearoa New Zealand campaigning for gender equality in the Catholic Church took their message with a display of well-worn shoes to St Patrick’s Cathedral plaza in Auckland today on International Women’s Day. It was part of a national and global “Pink Shoes into the Vatican” ... <a title="International Women’s Day – ‘Pink Shoes into the Vatican’ campaign" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/03/08/international-womens-day-pink-shoes-into-the-vatican-campaign/" aria-label="Read more about International Women’s Day – ‘Pink Shoes into the Vatican’ campaign">Read more</a>
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November 2, 2022
Analysis by Keith Rankin. This is a story that is not confined to New Zealand women in their early 60s, but which focusses on them as a surprisingly large group facing challenging circumstances. My focus narrows even further; my emphasis here is on ‘married’ women, and with partners presently (or soon to be) eligible of ... <a title="Keith Rankin Essay – The Coming Plight of Aotearoan Women in their Early Sixties" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/11/02/keith-rankin-essay-the-coming-plight-of-aotearoan-women-in-their-early-sixties/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin Essay – The Coming Plight of Aotearoan Women in their Early Sixties">Read more</a>
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November 27, 2019
By Armida Salsiah Alisjahbana and Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka Great strides have been taken to empower women and girls in the Asia-Pacific region since the Fourth World Conference on Women in Beijing adopted an ambitious global agenda to achieve gender equality twenty-five years ago. Gender parity has been achieved in primary education. Maternal mortality has been halved. ... <a title="Joint UN ESCAP-UN Women Op-Ed: Catalysing change for gender equality" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/11/27/joint-un-escap-un-women-op-ed-catalysing-change-for-gender-equality/" aria-label="Read more about Joint UN ESCAP-UN Women Op-Ed: Catalysing change for gender equality">Read more</a>
