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Showing posts with label Women work environment. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Women work environment. Show all posts

Friday, July 1, 2022

Point of Order: Bold ambitions – Govt aspires to rid us of bashers and the Security Council veto while building a “great” workplace for women



The Government has declared or reiterated three bold ambitions, one of them (the elimination of family violence) probably unachievable.

Whether progress is being made towards the achievement of another (ensuring New Zealand is “a great place for women to work”) raises measurement issues. No matter what is accomplished, there are bound to be demands for more to be done – and what is “a great place” for women to work?

A third bold ambition – which looks like another mission impossible – was declared in a speech headed PM’s comments to NATO session.