Human Rights Committee78 • Develop programmes for the implementation of Sustainable Development Goal 5 to achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls, with particular focus on Māori and Pasifika women and girls, as well as women and girls with disabilities. • • Address the high unemployment rates among Māori and Pasifika, in particular Māori and Pasifika women and young people, among persons with disabilities and among migrants, through the adoption and effective implementation of comprehensive employment and vocational training strategies. Take all appropriate measures to enhance Māori and Pasifika representation in government positions at all levels, in particular at the local council level, including through the establishment of special electoral arrangements. Committee for Economic, Social and Cultural Rights79 • Assess the effectiveness of measures taken to increase employment opportunities in general and for specific groups, notably Māori, Pasifika, women, persons with disabilities and youth. • • 16 Strengthen its efforts to combat poverty, in particular among households with dependent children, notably Māori or Pasifika children and children with disabilities. Develop culturally appropriate education programmes in partnership with Māori and Pasifika and identify associated education targets, with the aims of improving the educational outcomes among Māori and Pasifika students and tackling stigma and disciplinary measures in schools. Committee on the Rights of the Child (2016)80 • Develop a comprehensive mechanism for data collection and an information system on all areas of the Convention. The data should be disaggregated by age, sex, disability, geographic location, ethnic origin, nationality and socioeconomic background, to facilitate analysis on the situation of all children, and particularly Māori and Pasifika children, children in care, children with disabilities, children living in poverty, refugee, asylum-seeking and migrant children and children in other situations of vulnerability. • Take urgent measures to address disparities in access to education, health services and a minimum standard of living by Māori and Pasifika children and their families. • Take the measures necessary to ensure that children from low socioeconomic backgrounds, Māori and Pasifika children have effective access to early childhood care and education. • Invest in the availability and quality of early childhood care and education ensuring that, at a minimum, it is free for children from low socioeconomic backgrounds, and that care personnel are adequately trained, including on Māori and Pasifika cultures. Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women81 • Address the working conditions of Māori and Pasifika women, women with disabilities and young women in all areas of employment including through data collection and analysis. • Take measures to reduce poverty and improve the economic empowerment of women, in particular women living in rural areas, Māori, Pasifika, Asian, immigrant, migrant and refugee women and women with disabilities. 78 Human Rights Committee. Concluding Observations on the Sixth Periodic Report of New Zealand. 2016. CCPR/C/NZL/CO/6. 79 Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights. Concluding Observations on the Fourth Periodic Report of New Zealand. 2018. E/C.12/NZL/CO/4 80 Committee on the Rights of the Child. Concluding Observations on the Fifth Periodic Report of New Zealand. 2016.CRC/C/NZL/ CO/5 81 Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women. Concluding Observations on the Eighth Periodic Report of New Zealand. 2018. CEDAW/C/NZL/CO/8.

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