As a member of the Commonwealth Forum of National Human Rights
Institutions, the Commission agreed strategic priorities, both of which
address human rights issues relating to sport. The forum issued The
London Declaration in recognition of the value and importance of sport
and human rights in the context of the Commonwealth Games and other
Commonwealth sporting initiatives.
The Commission also provided input on Sport New Zealand’s draft terms
of reference for its Sport Integrity Review to ensure it encompasses sport
and human rights (including the rights of athletes and other stakeholders).
Tracking Equality at Work webtool
The Commission completed the biannual Tracking Equality at Work
webtool in June. Broad trends show that women have higher rates of
unemployment, underemployment and lower rates of labour force
participation than men. Young Mäori and Pasifika women remain
particularly marginalised, as do disabled people. The data also showed
equality for women has not been achieved against any of the leadership
indicators. There has been a sharp decline in women in senior management
roles in the private sector from 31 percent in 2014 to 18 percent in 2017.
New Zealand is lagging behind many other countries in this area.
The Commission made a number of recommendations to government
including:
• That MBIE urgently improve the employment outcomes for women,
Mäori and Pasifika and people with disabilities, who experience
persistent inequality against all employment indicators by: a) increasing
the number of places available in successful employment and
apprenticeship schemes administered by the Ministry for Pacific
Peoples so there are sufficient places for the 17 percent Mäori,
20 percent Pasifika young people not in education, employment or
training (NEET); and b) introducing specific education and employment
programmes for the 40 percent of young disabled people who are NEET.
• The New Zealand Government actively applies special measures
(ways of realising equality), to identify and promote under-represented
groups such as women, Mäori, Pasifika, ethnic minorities and people
with disabilities into senior leadership positions, requiring that women
make up 50 percent of senior leaders in the state sector.
See http://tracking-equality.hrc.co.nz
Good employer data
The Commission measures annually whether Crown entities are ‘good
employers’ by assessing the annual reports of New Zealand’s 91 Crown
entities against seven good-employer obligations. The good-employer
obligations focus on:
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Annual Report 2018
leadership, accountability and culture
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