Overview

Pacific Women's Watch (New Zealand)’s overarching aim is to monitor, review and report on the status of women in New Zealand. In particular, we are unique in representing women across the diversity of cultures making New Zealand their home but who suffer social or economic disadvantage or any kind of marginalisation, and struggle to have their voices heard. Pacific Women’s Watch (NZ) was established in 2001 to be a link to the Asia Pacific Women’s Watch, the umbrella Watch which monitors, review and reports on the status of women in the Asia-Pacific Region. Under its special consultative status with the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) PWW(NZ) is mandated to make the voices of women in Pacific states heard more loudly at the international level.