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Gender equality is the notion that all men and women should receive equal treatment in all aspects and that one should not be discriminated based on their gender. Gender equality is a human right and this is recognised by the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR).〔(), United Nations Declaration of Human Rights.〕 The right to be free of discrimination on the grounds of sex is found pursuant to Article 2 of the declaration. Gender equality is increasingly framed as being central to the realization of both modernization and economic efficiency, and it’s’ achievement presented as a key to good governance.〔(), The New Politics of Gender Equality, Judith Squires〕 As a result, the New Zealand government has implemented institutional mechanisms to promote the advancement of women and gender equality. In 2014, New Zealand was ranked 13th out of a total of 142 countries in the Global Gender Gap Report which ranks countries in terms of gender equality in the population under four heads: economic participation, health, education and political empowerment.〔(), Global Gender Gap Report 2014〕 Albeit, New Zealand has committed to support the work of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) and other key United Nations organizations in agreeing to uphold the UDHR. It has participated in human rights deliberations at the United Nations General Assembly and in the annual session of the United Nations Commission on Human Rights (CHR) and proposes to support the rights of women, children and indigenous people.〔(), NZ and the UDHR〕 Further, New Zealand ratified the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) on the 10th January 1985, and its optional protocol on the 7th September 2000. The Ministry of Women’s Affairs is responsible for administrating the CEDAW and its Optional Protocol. The committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women makes recommendations on any issues affecting women that the state should address. As of April 2015 the committee has made 29 general recommendations on issues affecting women that states should devote more attention to.〔(), Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women - General recommendations〕 ==Overview== In the World Economic Forum’s annual report on the global gender gap, New Zealand was ranked in 13th place in 2014. The Global Gender Gap Index ranks countries on the gap between men and women in regards to health, education and economic and political indicators. New Zealand is party to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). In the OECD’s final report on Gender Equality in Education, Employment and Entrepreneurship it was found that women in New Zealand do more unpaid work than paid work, gain more tertiary qualifications than men and women-owned new enterprises outperform men-owned enterprises.〔(Gender inequality in New Zealand ), OECD report 22/04/2012〕 Nonetheless, despite the gap between wage equality slowly closing in, the report found that the government funding allocated to reduce gender inequality in New Zealand is on the low side in comparison to other countries in the OECD.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Gender equality in New Zealand」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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