Introduction

The National Advisory Council on the Employment of Women’s (NACEW) publication programme is an essential part of its activities and referred to in one of its term of reference: to promote the dissemination of information on the employment of women in New Zealand and overseas. 

The purpose of this bibliography is to record all of NACEW’s publications and include an annotation for each where possible.  This bibliography has been developed using the Council’s annual reports, the National Library of New Zealand’s online catalogue (including material held at the Alexander Turnbull Library), and NACEW’s website, www.nacew.govt.nz. 

This is an excellent resource for publications dating back to the early 1990s.

NACEW’s publications are listed chronologically and grouped into research, seminar papers and information brochures.  Journal articles, annual reports, submissions, and other documents of interest are also included in this bibliography and are not annotated.  If available, the International Standard Book Number (ISBN) has been included in the citation, and a web address.  In some cases, NACEW’s involvement in publications has been more collaborative in nature and these publications are listed under Associated Publications.  This bibliography does not include copies of papers written for internal use by NACEW.

NACEW’s work is noted in various other publications. John Martin’s book, Holding the balance: A history of New Zealand’s Department of Labour 1891-1995 examined NACEW’s work under the section, the department and women. Work is also described in the New Zealand Official Yearbook 1993[1] which marked 100 years of women’s suffrage, and focussed on women’s progress and activities.

NACEW’s name - National Advisory Council on the Employment of Women – is not always cited correctly in catalogues and databases.  Errors include listing it as a Committee instead of a Council, referring to it as Woman instead of Women, missing out the, or using of instead of on. 

The Council would not have an extensive publications programme without the research assistance it received from the Department of Labour.

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