The Hand Mirror

Cro ss-posted from The Daily Blog   It used to be pretty lonely being a left-wing feminist off-campus.  While I had political friends I ...

Bad news on the gender pay gap today, as reported in the NZ Herald : The gender pay gap is the biggest it has been in 10 years, according...

What:  Public meeting as part of the 26 for Babies campaign, supporting Sue Moroney's bill to extend paid parental leave to 26 weeks ....

In 2010 I decided that I should get involved in the National Council of Women.  To me it was a somewhat shadowy organisation, with a mandate...

Earlier today, before the rain started, I gathered together food, jackets, children and buggy and headed off for a short walk over the ridge...

Fantastic to hear the first reading of the Private Member's Bill to extend paid parental leave to 26 weeks pass tonight.  Labour, Green...

ProChoice People, ALRANZ and the Auckland Women’s Centre bring you a screening of The Coathanger Project A documentary film about ...

Many thanks to Sara for sending through the blurb used in Salient to promote this.   Facebook event here. The VUWSA Women’s Group will be...

You may have noticed that the Tui beer ads have changed.  No longer are they as awfully sexist as they once were.  Now they are only very...

4,000 people marched in the hīkoi 'Aotearoa is not for sale'  Friday (this is some of them). I joined from a feeder march fr...

Currently I'm spending some of my time helping to raise funds for the Save Our Port campaign.  For me this is important work not just be...

While the details of the Ports of Auckland dispute get a bit complicated - at its core it is incredibly simple. The union isn't making d...

Port workers and their families on the picket line.  Child holds placard saying "All my daddy wants is a roster". On Saturday ...

Putting to one side for a moment the merits (of which I think there are many ) of Auckland Feminist Action's campaign against the sexist...

Occupational hazard of wanting to end rape culture: you spend lots of time designing training and education packages for people around the ...

Media release from Auckland Feminist Action, up on Scoop earlier today . Campaign launched against Tui beer ads Auckland group Feminist Ac...

Many thanks to Deborah for this guest post, crossposted at her place and The Lady Garden , seeking some fab feminist friends to fundraise f...

Luddite Journo has written several excellen t posts on the urgent funding plight of Auckland's 24/7 phoneline for those affected by se...

111 Meat workers are still locked-out from the jobs at in Rangitikei.  They've been more than six weeks without wages and they need supp...

For my last post for Pro-Choice Postings week I'm going to make you, dear readers, do most of the work. If we want abortion law refor...