Women in New Zealand

Women in New Zealand

A Maori woman from New Zealand, 1913.
Gender Inequality Index[1]
Value 0.185 (2013)
Rank 34th out of 152
Maternal mortality (per 100,000) 15 (2010)
Women in parliament 32.2% (2013)
Females over 25 with secondary education 95.0% (2012)
Women in labour force 62.1% (2012)
Global Gender Gap Index[2]
Value 0.7799 (2013)
Rank 7th out of 136

Women in New Zealand are the women who live in or are from the multi-cultural society of New Zealand. The first female settlers in New Zealand were from the Māori people. The person credited to be the first white-skinned European woman to settle in New Zealand was Charlotte Badger (she later had a daughter known as Catherine).[3] Today, women in New Zealand, which may also be called Kiwi women, have descended from European, Asian and Pacific Islander stock. The women of New Zealand have the same level of legal equality with men.

Education

Early university graduates were Emily Siedeberg (doctor, graduated 1895) and Ethel Benjamin (lawyer, graduated 1897). The Female Law Practitioners Act was passed in 1896 and Benjamin was admitted as a barrister and solicitor of the Supreme Court of New Zealand in 1897.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Table 4: Gender Inequality Index". United Nations Development Programme. Retrieved 7 November 2014.
  2. ↑ "The Global Gender Gap Report 2013" (PDF). World Economic Forum. pp. 12–13.
  3. ↑ The first woman settler? - go-betweens
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