Every four/five years, each UN Member State undergoes a review of its human rights record, known as the Universal Periodic Review (UPR). In 2024, it was the turn of Aotearoa New Zealand to report on its progress and receive recommendations. On this show, recorded in collaboration with Plains FM's ACTivate, Lisa Woods (Movement Building and Advocacy Director at Amnesty International New Zealand) discusses some of the issues raised in the UPR.  

2024-11-20 New Zealand's 2024 UPR (Universal Periodic Review)

This episode grapples with the idea of national identity in Aotearoa New Zealand and what it means to be a Kiwi. 

Parts I-II: James Liu (Massey University)
Part I: Identifying with multiple nationalities; majority and minority identities; symbolic acceptance of different ethnic groups in different post-colonial countries
Part II: Symbolic inclusion of Māori but not Asians in the New Zealand national identity; discrimination

Parts III-IV: Mike Grimshaw (University of Canterbury) and Bev Watson (Race Unity Speech Awards)
Part III: Questioning of national identity by university students; links between national identity and national culture; bi- and multiculturalism; ANZAC Day
Part IV: Race Unity Speech Awards; Treaty of Waitangi; differences across Aoteaora

2015-04-15 National Identity

Dr Jackie Blue, Equal Employment Opportunities Commissioner at the NZ Human Rights Commission, Angela McLeod of UN Women Aotearoa and Erin Ebborn of Ebborn Law discuss:
Part I: Why the topic is important; Women's Empowerment Principles
Part II: Why are we still having to discuss women’s rights in 2016?; How do women’s rights sit along LGBTQI rights which are  challenging the idea of a gender binary?; sectors in which are well represented; pay inequity
Part III: Ethnicity and disability; representation of women on boards and in senior management; gender quotas
Part IV: Workplace policies for family violence and parental leave 

2016-09-21 Women In The Workplace

Wanting to know more about gender diversity but not sure who to ask, or don't want to cause offence by asking the 'wrong' question? This podcast is for you: Alice Andersen (LGBTQIA+ support group Qtopia) and Jennifer Shields (trans advocate and consultant) talk us through vocab, stats and experiences relating to gender diversity. 

Part I: The acronym 'LGBTQIA+'; T for transgender and transexual; gender identity vs biological sex; gender identity vs sexual identity; 'cisgender', 'gender diverse', 'gender neutral'; statistics about gender diversity in NZ

Part II: Western society as heteronormative, seeing gender as binary; 
the social and personal need for labels for identification; what happens when someone does not 'fit' these norms; self-harm etc; indigenous understandings of gender

Part III: No single pathway to recognising one's own gender diversity; the social, legal and medical processes which someone might undertake to make known their gender diversity; how gender diversity affects the individual and their networks; barriers to people supporting gender diverse individuals - often worried about causing offence; work being done in schools

Part IV: How is NZ doing in terms of recognising gender diversity?; increasing awareness among young people of gender diversity; the need for more public education around gender diversity

2019-07-17 Gender identity 101

Human rights radio show, covering issues in Aotearoa New Zealand and further afield. Airs first on Cantebrury's Plains FM 96.9.
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2024-11-20 New Zealand's 2024 UPR (Universal Periodic Review)

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