Our Partners
NACEW recognises the importance of working with other women’s organisations on similar issues. We work closely with our partner organisations, the Māori Women's Welfare League, National Council of Women of New Zealand, PACIFICA, Rural Women New Zealand and the YWCA.
Māori Women's Welfare League
Founded in 1951, the Māori Women's Welfare League is a pan-tribal organisation with over 3,000 members and around 130 branches throughout New Zealand. The League has one of the most extensive networks amongst Māori people, reaching to branches in Australia, the United Kingdom and Hawaii.
The League was established to deal with the severe social problems arising from the post-war migration to the cities and to give Māori women a voice in responding to these social changes. Increasingly the League has sought an active role in addressing the social problems confronting Māori families, undertaking major service delivery contracts through its members. These have included programmes to improve rates of immunisation among Māori children, and to develop parenting skills where the supportive networks of whanau and hapu have been lost through urbanisation.
The Māori Women's Welfare League was established to address disparities between Māori and non-Māori as a whole in a range of social statistics. The issues have not diminished and require strong partnerships between Government, the League, other agencies and organisations who can deliver culturally credible delivery services.
National Council of Women of New Zealand
Since 1896 the National Council of Women of New Zealand has lobbied for social justice by educating women on topical issues, collecting their opinions, and representing those opinions to decision makers.
The Council is involved with current women's issues including employment law reform, access to credit and the cost of education. It is a network of women throughout Aotearoa / New Zealand, and is an umbrella organisation for women's groups.
The Council aims to serve women, the family and community at local, national and international level through study, discussion and action.
Website: www.ncwnz.co.nz
PACIFICA
PACIFICA Inc, established in 1976, is a national organisation for Pacific women. Its founding President was Eletino Paddy Walker. PACIFICA has branches throughout the country from Whangarei in the north, Gisborne in the East and all the way down to Invercargill. PACIFICA is a non-profit organisation whose objectives centre around the empowerment of Pacific women through advising Government departments on issues affecting Pacific women, running anti domestic violence campaigns, literacy and cultural identity workshops, information workshops, and early childhood programmes to name a few. PACIFICA is made up of women from different walks of life, different Pacific Islands, and different age groups.
PACIFICA's objectives are:
- To provide opportunities for to contribute effectively to the cultural, social, economic and political development of Aotearoa New Zealand and its people.
- To give opportunities to plan and work together for the stability and development of themselves, their families, their communities and so contribute to the development of the country.
- To create ways and means for to overcome barriers that may hinder their ability to reach their full potential.
- To inspire unity among women of Pacific Islands descent in the furtherance of these aims so that all can speak with one voice in true fellowship.
- To initiate and promote policies and programmes that support to take active decision-making roles in their lives.
- To initiate and support programmes promoting the education, welfare, health and social development of Pacific Islands families and Pacific Islands family life.
- To promote understanding between women of all races.
Website: www.pacifica.org.nz
Rural Women New Zealand
Rural Women New Zealand (RWNZ) is a network of women who share a love of the land and a desire to make their communities great places to live in. They have groups throughout New Zealand who meet for fun, friendship, community support or education. Formerly known as the Women's Division Federated Farmers, RWNZ has a history of providing strength to rural communities, and for campaigning on behalf of the rural sector.
Website: www.ruralwomen.org
YWCA
The YWCA of Aotearoa-NZ, links nine local associations throughout the country and has global affiliations to the world YWCA. Each local YWCA is an autonomous community-based non governmental organisation. As a non-profit membership association, each YWCA is run by and for women of the community. Our key focus is to empower women and young women, and to fulfil the World Y aim to eliminate all forms of oppression and violence against women.
Website: www.ywca.org.nz
