3. Provide detailed information on the Government’s progress in updating the Plan of
Action to Prevent People Trafficking.
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4. Please indicate whether the implementation of the Gender Equality Declaration has
helped to accelerate women’s access to decision-making positions in the public and
private sectors. Provide an assessment of the remaining obstacles to the achievement
of gender equality.
5. Provide an update on the impact of all measures taken to increase the participation
of women - including Māori, Pacific and Disabled women – in local Government, the
Judiciary and Parliament.
6. Provide information about the measures in place – and their impact – to encourage
efforts in the private sector to accelerate the number of women in decision-making
positions.
7. Provide statistical data on unemployment, underemployment and multiple
employment, as well as on persons who are not currently involved in any form of
education, employment or training, disaggregated by sex, age, ethnicity, disability,
urban or rural area, and family status, on an annual comparative basis over the past
five years.
8. Please provide information on measures taken - and the impact of these measures –
to promote adequate employment for Māori women, Pacific women, disabled
women, and migrant women.
9. Provide statistical data on households disaggregated by sex, age, ethnicity, disability,
urban or rural area, and family status, whose members are in paid employment but
whose incomes are below the poverty line.
10. Provide detailed information on the extent of discrimination on the ground of sex
(including gender identity), as well as on bullying and sexual harassment in the
workplace, and elaborate on the effectiveness of prevention measures taken and of
avenues of remedies for victims.
11. Provide detailed statistical data disaggregated by age, ethnicity, disability, family
status, and labour sector on the gender pay gap.
12. Acknowledging the recent pay equity settlement, what steps is the Government
taking to ensure pay equity across all sectors?
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