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Gender Equality Developments in Aotearoa New Zealand: Implications for Japan?

In: Corporate Social Responsibility and Gender Equality in Japan

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  • Jane Parker

    (Massey University)

  • Noelle Donnelly

    (Victoria University of Wellington)

Abstract

In her debut address to the United Nations General Assembly on 28 September 2018, then newly-elected Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern renewed Aotearoa New Zealand’s commitment to the United Nation’s (UN’s) call for sustainable development through gender equality (NZ Government, 2018). The right to equality and the prohibition of discrimination was first enshrined in the principles of the Charter of the United Nations (UN) in 1945, legally affirmed in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) of 1948, and extended by the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) in 1979. Since the formation of the UN, New Zealand has had a long history of advocating for the rights of women, children and the elimination of discrimination and abuse. As one of the first countries to sign the UN Charter in 1945 and to uphold the UNDHR in 1948, it established its international position for advancing gender equality, signalling a shift away from ‘looking to Britain’ for direction with foreign policy (Ministry for Culture and Heritage, 2014). While it was quick to sign the International Bill of Rights on 17 July 1980, the government took until 20 December 1984 to ratify the CEDAW (Ministry of Women’s Affairs (MWA), 1986).

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  • Jane Parker & Noelle Donnelly, 2021. "Gender Equality Developments in Aotearoa New Zealand: Implications for Japan?," CSR, Sustainability, Ethics & Governance, in: Gabriel Eweje & Shima Nagano (ed.), Corporate Social Responsibility and Gender Equality in Japan, chapter 0, pages 225-244, Springer.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:csrchp:978-3-030-75154-8_12
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-75154-8_12
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