Adopt policies and take all necessary measures including temporary special
measures to eliminate occupational segregation both horizontal and vertical.
Independent evaluation of the gendered impact of the reform of collective
bargaining to ensure it does not negatively affect women’s employment and
trade union rights.
Ensure there is a monitoring institution for gender pay inequity within the states
party’s administration despite closure of the pay & Employment Equity Unit.
Health
Review abortion law and practice with a view to simplifying it and ensure
women’s autonomy to choose.
Prevent women from having to resort to unsafe abortions and remove punitive
provisions imposed on women who undergo an abortion
Take the necessary measures to address the deteriorating mental health
situation of young girls, to prevent and combat the use of alcohol and drugs and
to prevent girls suicide especially from migrant and minority communities.
Make efforts to improve healthcare services, including mental health for Māori
and Pacific women.
Improve the access and quality of health services for lesbian women and trans
gender people.
Promote widely education on sexual and reproductive health rights particularly
regarding prevention of teenage and unwanted pregnancies and strengthen
measures to support pregnant girls.
Take steps to ensure pregnant women are informed HIV testing is not
mandatory and when they are tested informed consent is obtained.
Disadvantaged groups of women
Provide in its next report data and information on the situation of women with
disabilities, rural women, older women and women from ethnic minority groups
including their access to education, employment and health-care services.
Ensure that ongoing welfare reforms do not discriminate against disadvantaged
groups of women and that an independent evaluation of their gendered impact
is made.
Ensure the gender mainstreaming of policies relating to the process of recovery
from the 2011 earthquake and engage in analysis of their gender impact by
using data disaggregated by sex, age, ethnicity and other status.
Marriage and family relations
Revise the legal minimum age of marriage to 18 years without any exceptions
for parental consent.
Introduce legal measures to prohibit underage and forced marriages and
prohibit underage and forced marriages and promote measures to protect
women impacted by polygamy and dowry-related violence.
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