70. The New Zealand Census of Women on Boards 2017 showed that females made up 22.17% of Board positions, an increase of 1.16 percentage points figure since 2016. There were 102 women serving in Board positions for the top 100 companies. However, a quarter of the top 100 companies have no female Board members. Recommendation 14 a. Increase targets for women on public sector boards to 50%. b. Implement an initial target for private sector boards – 30% of board members to be women. c. Prioritise affordable, high quality childcare to ensure women with children can remain in the workforce and progress to senior roles. d. Enact fair and robust pay equity legislation that will allow women in low paid female dominated occupations to make claims against their employers. Right to Work ICESCR Arts: 3 | 6 | 7 LOIPR Paras: 8| 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 16 SDGs: 8 | 10 71. As the Government report shows, overall labour market outcomes for Māori and Pasifika have shown improvement but remain some distance from achieving parity with other ethnic groups.80 A similar trend can be observed in respect of young people deemed Not in Employment, Education or Training (NEET). While NEET rates of Māori and Pasifika have declined since 2012, they remain around double the rate of other ethnicities.81 72. The Commission acknowledges the initiatives set out in the Government report.82 However, the Commission remains concerned at the disproportionate representation in unemployment figures of Māori and Pasifika young people, young people living in socio-economically deprived urban and rural communities and disabled people.83 23