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Meet Hawwa Niyaz

Hawwa Niyaz is one of two Young Women selected to attend the 2023 World Council as a New Zealand Delegate

7x21 - Jasmin Singh Kang

7x21 - Cha’nel Kaa-Luke (Ngāti Ruanui, Ngā Ruahine, Ngāti Porou.)

7x21 Coco Janssen

7x21 explores life at 21 with 7 young wāhine and irarere. Here's the incredible Coco Janssen!

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Gala Baumfield

7x21 explores life at 21 with 7 young wāhine and irarere. Here's the wonderful Gala Baumfield !

Aotearoa’s first Pay Gap Registry

Your Pay is a Human Rights Issue

Sexual Harassment In The Workplace

Yup, We're Still Talking About It.

What if luck is really courage?

Life Lessons

Young women recognised for taking extraordinary action to better our communities and Aotearoa

It's trans awareness week

8 Ways Men Can be Better Allies for Gender Equality

Men need to do more to advance gender equality in the workplace

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We need young voices at the top table

Young Voices are Key

10 tips to help you stay sane

Young Rainbow people are struggling

An easy way to decrease pay gaps.

What's up with Pay Transparency?

Time for better regulation of Social Media

Instagram knows it harms teenage girls

Celebrating 128 years of suffrage

Auckland Branch of National Council of Women NZ hosted their annual Speech competition

Our new Programmes Manager

Rachel Cleary

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Meet our new GenderTick Manager

Claire Stuart

#WAHINEWEDNESDAY: She's the sea of change

The Y25 programme continues to amplify the voices of young wāhine in Aotearoa

#WAHINEWEDNESDAY: Speaking up and Speaking out

Nora Quigley

#WAHINEWEDNESDAY: Nina Santos

#WAHINEWEDNESDAY: Vaiola Tauti

#WAHINEWEDNESDAY: Bea Mossop

#WahineWednesday: Shivali Harman

Meet the New Social Media Coordinator at the Hamilton Y

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#WahineWednesday: Julia van Niekerk

Meet the Events and Communications Coordinator at the Hamilton Y

The Testosterone Myth

Introducing our new Executive Assistant to CEO and Business Projects Manager

Our New Digital Communications Specialist

Introducing Gyllian Falute Taei

How to talk about periods in your workplace

Tips to make your workplace period-friendly

Young women talk body image and what that means in today's intersectional world

Why workplaces should provide free period products

Let's make periods shame free

It's time workplaces supply free period products

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How the Media/Social Media stuffs up our Body Image and what to do about it

Anti(social) Media

Let's Banish Fat Talk

International Disability Day 2020

How do young women in Aotearoa feel about their bodies?

Why should we still care about Body Image?

18x18 exhibition

18x18 one year later with Rebecca

18x18 exhibition

Safer Cities With Emma McInnes

Equal Pay

Women are working for free

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#WAHINEWEDNESDAY: Irihapeti Edwards

A Force to be Reckoned with in the Financial World and Beyond

#WĀHINEWEDNESDAY: Te Manaia Jennings

#MightyWomanMonday: Maia Mariner

#WĀHINEWEDNESDAY: Cinnamon Lindsay

Fiercely advocating for takatāpui in Aotearoa

#MightyWomanMonday: Tulsi Lathia

Bridging the cultural gap in New Zealand with a ‘Spoonful of Spice’

International Day of The Girl

GenderTick

#WĀHINEWEDNESDAY: Mikayla Stokes

Paving the way for girls in male-dominated fields

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7 ways to give that aren't just donating money (although we’d appreciate that too!)

Choose your way to support the Y

#MightyWomanMonday: Te Aho Jordan

International Day of the Girl

#WĀHINEWEDNESDAY: Annika Andresen

Combining a love for design, environment and marine life with skill and passion

#MightyWomanMonday: Charlotte Nield

Contributing to environmental sustainability with banana-based, vegan nicecream

#WĀHINEWEDNESDAY: Tayla Jane Nasmith

#MightyWomanMonday: Courtney Davies

Why young women should vote

I refuse to sit by and let others determine how I’m going to live my life

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#WĀHINEWEDNESDAY: Janelle Augsburg

A young woman with a big heart for serving her communities in Aotearoa and beyond

25th Anniversary of the Beijing Declaration

25th Anniversary of the Beijing Declaration

#WĀHINEWEDNESDAY: Aleisha Amohia

Breaking barriers in STEM

#MightyWomanMonday: Jacinta Gulasekharam

Dignifying Periods

#WĀHINEWEDNESDAY: Ranisha Chand

POLITICS 101 FOR YOUNG WOMEN PART 3

#MightyWomanMonday: Sophia Malthus

Facing challenges with courage and resilience

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Politics 101 for Young Women Part 2

The Great Political Source List

Politics 101 for Young Women

#WĀHINEWEDNESDAY: Sophie Handford

Hidden treasure at our Hostel

Standing on the shoulders of giants

#WĀHINEWEDNESDAY: Angelina Del Favero

Educating and empowering the youth of Aotearoa

Y25 Hui 2020

#WĀHINEWEDNESDAY: Shalini Guleria

#WĀHINEWEDNESDAY: Isabella Ieremia

Navigating life with a unique worldview

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Reading tips with a feminist lens

Five feminist essays to change your life

#WĀHINEWEDNESDAY: Abigail Uttley

Where to get Period Underwear

#WĀHINEWEDNESDAY: Stephanie Pierce

Living life to the fullest

Free tools to help you take control of your depression or anxiety

Sometimes we all need a little help

18x18 in 2020

Fighting period poverty with reusable period products

#WĀHINEWEDNESDAY: Emily Holdaway

Balancing motherhood, blogging and making a difference

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Creating a big positive impact through smaller good deeds

Microvolunteering at the University of Waikato

the truth we all know

Buy Young NZ Women Made

#WAHINEWEDNESDAY: Chantelle Cobby

Creating Positive Change in the Community

Working Dads during lockdown

The benefits of a flexible work arrangement

Connecting with your body through movement

#WahineWednesday: Sarah Vassella

All students deserve free access to menstrual products

Period Poverty: Why the Budget increase of funding doesn't go far enough

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Making Basic Needs at Work Gender Equal

Reducing period poverty where you work

The journey to the Y25

Science Box

#WahineWednesday: Jess Molina

Giving others a voice through storytelling

When young people speak, we should listen

Youth Week 2020

Mother's Day

Her Energy

#WahineWednesday: Kelly Johnson

Powering women’s initiatives through electricity

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Click bait alert!

Don't be fooled by the headline

Productivity During Pandemic

Tips from a primary school teacher

#WahineWednesday: Chloe Stantiall

Making Te Reo Māori more accessible

ANZAC DAY 2020

Make her praises heard afar

Online tools to counteract stress and anxiety

#WahineWednesday: Toia Chase

Our Hostel's Response to Covid-19? Kerry Barnett!

Meet the wonder woman keeping 140 residents safe at our Hostel

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1 in 5 Women don’t want to ask

Is your employer committed to Equal Pay?

Quarantine Daze!

No super heros needed

Making the most of accessible food

Healthy eating in lockdown

#WahineWednesday: Emily Flett

Healthy lives through good nutrition

Equal parenting during lockdown

COVID-19: Checking in with the YWCA Hostel residents

How To Not Lose the Plot Flying Solo WFH During COVID-19

Three tips to make it easier WFH by yourself

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A Letter to Employers Everywhere

Your business can get through the COVID crisis with kindness

How to maintain your health

Make WFH with flatmates bearable

Things to do to get you through

Making the most of these #lockdownnz days

Organisational Culture

Impact of Gender Norms on Well-being in the Workplace

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Struggling Working From Home AND Parenting AND Teaching?

One Kickass Piece of Advice I Wish I’d Known:

Have a F*ck Off Fund

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How to be an activist

Do You Want To Be An Activist But Hate Activewear?

Meet Jess Quinn

Meet Rosalie North

A Common Story

The stats are abundantly clear; we do not have gender equality.

Workplace story

Meridian Energy and GenderTick

Workplace Story

The path to the GenderTick with Air New Zealand

Get your dose of feminist inspiration

5 Feminist Writers & Thinkers That You Really Need to Know

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Meet Louise Hutt

Talking about staying humble and being curious

Learn to put boundaries online

Period poverty is a thing

We are living in anxious times

Our Anxious Young Women

Life in Aotearoa NZ for disabled young women

Young Women and Disabilities

Celebrating our Auckland Hostel

Guest Blog: Grace Stratton from All is for All

From a young women's perspective: Part 2

Mind the Gap: Nina

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From a young women's perspective: Part 3

Mind the Gap: Irihapeti

From a young women's perspective: Part 1

7x21 - Sophie Flavell

7x21 - Rana Arif

7x21 explores life at 21 with 7 young wāhine and irarere. Here's the awesome Rana Arif !

7x21 - Louena Valu

7x21 explores life at 21 with 7 young wāhine and irarere. Here's the remarkable Louena Valu!

Meet Annika van Driel