Spreading the pay equity message.On the Level--Pay and Employment Equity in New Zealand New Zealand (zē`lənd), island country (2005 est. pop. 4,035,000), 104,454 sq mi (270,534 sq km), in the S Pacific Ocean, over 1,000 mi (1,600 km) SE of Australia. The capital is Wellington; the largest city and leading port is Auckland. , a DVD DVD: see digital versatile disc. DVD in full digital video disc or digital versatile disc Type of optical disc. The DVD represents the second generation of compact-disc (CD) technology. produced by the Council of Trade Unions (CTU CTU Colorado Technical University CTU Czech Technical University in Prague CTU Counter Terrorist Unit CTU Clinical Trials Unit CTU Catholic Theological Union CTU Chicago Teachers Union CTU Computer Training Unit CTU Control Unit ), was launched on International Women's Day International Women's Day (IWD) is marked on March 8 every year. It is a major day of global celebration for the economic, political and social achievements of women. last month. Speaking at the launch, CTU vice president Helen Kelly said while the gender pay gap had come down from 16 to 13 percent last year, "we are still many years away from true pay and employment equity for women". The DVD highlights aspects of the gender pay gap, including the fact women earn $180 less a week than men, which amounts to $400,000 over a working life; and that while there were 21,000 female primary teachers in New Zealand, just 879, or one in 24, were principals. Labour Minister Ruth Dyson Ruth Suzanne Dyson (born 11 August 1957) is a New Zealand politician. She is a member of the Labour Party. Dyson was born in Lower Hutt. Her father served in the New Zealand Army, and so Dyson's family frequently moved around the country. , who along with drector of the PaEE Unit in the Department of Labour Phillipa Hall, features on the DVD, acknowledged the work of women in the past who had fought for pay equity. She said the gender inclusive tools developed by the PaEE unit, were attracting international interest. * On International Women's Day, the International Council of Nurses urged governments to work vigorously to ensure the establishment of a United Nations (UN) women's agency. A recommendation to establish "a dynamic UN entity focused on gender equality and women's empowerment" is now on the agenda for the General Assembly. * The theme of this year's CTU biennial women's conference is Building our Power--Union Women in Action. The conference will be held in Wellington on June 29-30 and will focus on women's issues in the workplace, at community, national and international levels. Australian Council of Trade Unions' president and International Trade Union Council president Sharan Burrow Sharan Burrow is the president of the Australian Council of Trade Unions. She is the second woman to become president of the ACTU. Sharan was born in Warren, NSW in 1954 to a family with strong Trade Union involvement. She became a teacher in the early 1980s. has been invited to speak. |
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