Development of a culture where violence and abuse is not tolerated
or unreported.
The Commission is a member of the inter-agency collective impact Bullying
Prevention Advisory Group (BPAG), which is focused on reducing bullying
in New Zealand schools. It is chaired by the Secretary for Education and
involves teacher unions and principals associations, education sector
organisations, government agencies, online safety organisations, the
Children’s Commissioner, and the Commission.
A strategic plan sets out priority areas for action that will contribute
towards BPAG’s vision for reducing bullying in New Zealand schools. The
plan draws from evidence and research to provide a basis against which
to measure success. In this reporting year the group published its second
version of the Bullying Prevention Guide with a focus on lesbian, gay,
bisexual, transgender, intersex, and included interviews with disabled
children and young people. Copies were distributed to each school and
the Guide is available online.
Increased adoption of effective policies and practices that provide
for equality of opportunity and non-discrimination.
The Commission annually reviews and analyses the reporting of good
employer obligations by Crown entities in their annual reports. It also
monitors their progress towards equal employment opportunities (EEO)
and provides good employer guidance. The Commission's annual good
employer review gives Crown entities an indicator report showing their
reporting progress. The Commission's "Crown Entities and the Good
Employer" web application allows Crown entities to track their progress
across years and compare themselves to others of the same size, type and
the sector as a whole. In this reporting year 40 of the 91 crown entities
involved were fully compliant, an increase of 26 from the previous year.
The Commission has been designated by the New Zealand Government to
co-ordinate the IMM for the (CRPD). The IMM also includes the Office of
the Ombudsman and the Convention Coalition, which comprises a group
of disabled people's organisations. The IMM has developed its terms of
reference based on cabinet designation.
In September the Government appeared in Geneva before the Committee
of International Experts on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. The
IMM gave input to the committee to assist in developing its concluding
observations and recommendations. The Government has since responded
to these recommendations, and to the two previous monitoring
reports of the IMM, Making Disability Rights Real, released in December
2012 and August 2014. The Government has progressed work on codesigning a disability action plan with disabled people, and has accepted
recommendations calling for better data collection and coordination.
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