NGOs have a significant role to play, alongside governments, in improving the status of women.
Jenny ShipleyThe Pacific had great hope that when the former President Mitered decided to halt nuclear testing, we had put behind us the issue of nuclear states testing their weapons in our Pacific region.
Jenny ShipleyBy and large, women in New Zealand are fortunate compared with some other countries, including many in our own region. But there is still progress to be made.
Jenny ShipleyToo often the desire for peace has been expressed by women while the stewardship of the mechanisms which are used to attempt to secure peace in the short and medium term are dominated by male decision-making structures and informal arrangements. This must change.
Jenny Shipley