This information was sent to the Human Right’s
commission January 2007.
We believe the Government and Government departments such as the Families
Commission, Plunket, the Education Department, Government Funding, Emergency
Housing, Domestic Violence policies all discriminate against Males (gender)
in their policies and policy developments. We also believe that the
Law Society discriminates against males by having 'The Women's Consultative
Group' and no group for men. We believe that this will have some influence
not only on male lawyers but also on ‘court proceedings’
and male defendants or prosecutors.
http://www.lawyers.org.nz/wcg/
We respectfully request a full enquiry and the end result we would
like to achieve is a Men’s Affairs in Parliament equal to a Woman’s
Affairs.
We believe the Government and Government agencies are in breach of
the Human Rights Act 1993 on the grounds of Sex (gender) and Political
opinion, which includes the lack of a particular political opinion or
any political opinion.
We believe the Government and Government agencies are in breach of
the Human Rights Act 1993 in the area of Government or Public Sector
Activities, Discriminatory Laws, provision of, facilities and services,
education and accommodation.
We also believe Section 19 of the Bill of Rights Act applies. (freedom
from discrimination.)
Disadvantages for males is that their well-being is hindered such as
men die younger than women, the suicide rate of males is much higher
than females and males receiving death and injury from violence is much
higher than females. We believe females receive more support and more
research from Government assisted Commissions in these areas than males,
as females are more favored.
Disadvantages in education is that males are falling behind females
in their grades and success and a lot of Government assistance is given
to promote females in education through policies and policy making while
males receive little if any but nevertheless females are favored in
this area also.
Domestic Violence in NZ favors women and discriminates against men.
It is the policy of the Family Commission to focus on the Domestic Violence
for women, which disadvantages Males. Women are also violent especially
in the description of Domestic Violence, which ranges from one extreme
to another.
http://subs.nzherald.co.nz/section/1/story.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10410452
http://www.nzfamilies.org.nz/media/20060728.php
The Families’ Commission is also breaching the Human Rights
Act by conducting research on sensitive male issues by females. You
don’t allow Maori research to be made by the Chinese or visa versa.
We believe the law passed, ‘Man assaults Women’ is discriminating
against men as there is no law for, ‘Woman assaults Man’.
This law alone favors women.
It is also discriminative to have at least 2 women’s refuges
in each city or town and yet no men’s refuges in the whole country.
This is favor to women regarding Domestic Violence and this comes through
policy and practices. At this stage male groups cannot get funding for
such refuges.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/author/story.cfm?a_id=135&ObjectID=10410171
Plunket policies and policy development discriminates against fathers
while favoring females or mothers.
http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/print/0,1478,3896327a11,00.html
Males are also disadvantaged in the area of teaching in early childhood
schools. This has also affected Primary schools. Female policies and
policy development is also favored.
http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/0,1478,3808870a7694,00.html
We believe males are discriminated against by not allowing them the
right for a paternity test without the females consent yet the female
can claim child support. This favors females while discriminating against
men.
It is discriminative for emergency housing for men to receive such
little attention while women’s accommodations thrive throughout
the country.
Merilee Andrew reports.
Western Welfare Agencies, which can comfortably cater for displaced
females and their children, say the housing situation is desperately
inadequate for males.
Citizen’s Advice Bureau manager Diane Mellowes has trouble placing
males. “I’ve had a run of them. There’s just this
huge gap for homeless men or married people. ”
Her office is a common port of call for people who are low on funds
but need a roof in a hurray. It’s not a problem if they’re
female. But for everyone else - single males, or families with a husband
or older boys - it’s “desperate”.
Salvation Army Henderson’s Zandrea Lee says she meets quite
a few men who come in, down on their luck, to find nowhere local to
send them.
The Aucklander, 6 September 2006, page 7.
Males need to have an equal say in matters that affect their gender.
At this stage males are discriminated against from Government and Government
agencies. It is time to balance the genders.
At a political level Women’s affairs are affecting the affairs
of men without any accountability to non-discriminate.
