TWFG Resources

 

To view copies of these documents, submissions or articles please email the National Women's Rights Officer nwro@students.org.nz  Otherwise, see the table at the end of the page to download.

 

We welcome suggestions for other articles or resources that TWFG may find useful.

 

 

USEFUL DOCUMENTS

 

2006 Suffrage Day Kit

 

TWFG Operating Structure

TWFG Policy Book (last updated 2001)

 

2006 Tertiary Women's Focus Group Info Sharing Survey

 

2006 Student Parent Survey: A survey on the needs of students who care for children.

 

2006 Student Parent Survey: A survey on the facilities and services available to students who care for children.

 

Women's Rights Survival Guide ( 3rd edition 2006)

 

Issues for Women Students 2006

2004 Income and Expenditure Survey - Women

 

2004 Income and Expenditure Survey - Student Parents

 

 

 

TWFG SUBMISSIONS

 

Latest:

 

TWFG submission for the Non Governmental Organisations report for the  Convention on Ending Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW)

 

Archives

 

Copy of NZUSA and TWFGs Human Rights Claim [See Fields Below] December 8 2003

Women, the Student Loan Scheme and the Human Rights Claim - FAQs [See Fields Below]
September 3 2003

Women and Student Loans: claim under Human Rights Act 1993 [See Fields Below] September 3 2003

"Towards an Action Plan for New Zealand Women" [See Fields Below] June 12 2003

Pay Equity Submission [See Fields Below] June 11 2003

 

 

TWFG SURVEYS

 

In 2006 the Tertiary Women’s Focus Group will be conducting a revised Student Parents Survey to ascertain their needs, and the facilities and services available to them. This survey was last conducted in 2003. TWFG will also be conducting an information sharing exercise amongst member institutions to ascertain the level of women-specific resource, facilities and services available, including women’s room, women’s representation, and the number of women on boards and institutional councils.

 

 

Surveys we have conducted in the past:

• Student Parents Survey (Student Needs) - [See Fields Below]
• Student Parents Survey (Facilities and Services Available) - [See Fields Below]
• Women-Sport - [See Fields Below]
  

 

ARTICLES

 

Contact the National Women's Rights Officer tp submit an article for this page.

More will be added shortly.

 

NWRO/TWFG members’ articles

 

Issues for Women Students 2006 – NWRO letter sent to Political Spokespeople

A Guide for Feminist Activism, Dayna Berghan, NWRO 2001

Weighing Up Justice: Rape and Law Reform in NZ, 2000

 

 

 

Media Articles Online

“Abortion drug bill passes parliament”, 16 February 2006, http://www.feminist.org/

Kamala Hayman, Women 'just as likely to beat up men', 09 February 2006, http://www.stuff.co.nz/

Elanor Wilson, “Women more likely to finish degrees”, 4 February 2006 http://www.stuff.co.nz/

Jo McKenzie-McLean, “Sugar Dad Fund Uni Studies”  http://www.stuff.co.nz/

 

 

Media Articles avaiable in NWRO resource library

Lois Watson and Kim Thomas, “Women Still 200 years behind”, The Press Christchurch, 11 January 2006, A13

Suzanne Goldenberg, “It was like they’d never seen a woman before” (about former miner Lois Jenson who was the first woman to win a sex discrimination case in USA), Sunday Star Times, 12 February 2006, C6

Naomi Wolf, “Accidental President” (commentary on the new TV programme Commander in Chief), Sunday Star Times reprint of a Guardian article, February 2006

Veronica Schmidt, “No Man, No Matter?” (Women who have babies without a partner), Sunday Star Times Magazine, 4 September 2005, 16-19

Katie Newton, “Pride and Joy” (the price of beauty and an uncritical look at women who use beauty treatments), Sunday Star Times Magazine, 4 December 2005, 17-20

 

Media Articles available from NWRO on request

 

“Short Shrift for bar girl who wouldn’t wear a mini”, Dominion Post, 30 April 2005, B2

Noel Cheer, “True marriage is above both Church and State”, Dominion Post, 30 April 2005, B5

Ruth Nichol, “Getting Literary Traction” (about British author Marina Lewycka), Dominion Post, 30 April 2005, B5

Irene Chapple, “More than skin deep” (about women with tattoos, including Auckland’s Sophia Mella, Rose Hardy, Tanya Thompson and Liesje Kurghan), Sunday Star Times, 1 May 2005, C3

Jonathan Steele, “Girls forgotten slaves of war”, Sunday Star Times, 1 May 2005, A21

Claudia Croft, “Power of positive Dressing” (about Condoleeza Rice’s dress sense), Sunday Star Times, date unknown, 2005, C4

Emily Watt, “Sisters are doing it by themselves” (about single women in NZ) newspaper and date unknown, 2005

“The Silent Controversy: Abortion in NZ” (feature article including history of Abortion law and annual total of abortions 1980 - 2003), Dominion Post, 16 April 2005, pages unknown

“Anika’s Story” (Anika Moa and abortion),   Dominion Post, 16 April 2005, page unknown

Sarra Manning, “Fat and Fabulous”, (opinion article by a self proclaimed fat fashion editor), Sunday Star Times Magazine, 4 September 2005, 28-29