Hercus hope of end to job
NZPA Nairobi Special Government structures for women’s affairs should not be entrenched for ever, the Minister of Women’s Affairs, Mrs Hercus, has told a meeting of Commonwealth women’s affairs Ministers in Nairobi.
Their job was to overcome inequalities where they existed and to redress the imbalances of the past, Mrs Hercus said. Once that was done there would be no further need for them.
“My fondest hope as Minister of Women’s Affairs is to put myself out of a job,” she said. But if women were to have a strong, effective voice they needed special
structures within government to make sure it happened. Most of the existing deci-sion-making structures were created by men, “according to male value systems,” she said.
Mrs Hercus said New Zealand’s Ministry of Women’s Affairs would act as a catalyst within the system. “Our aim is not just to see that women’s views and needs are taken into account. We want to see that women have a direct input into Government decisionmaking at all levels.”
Mrs Hercus is in Nairobi to attend the United Nations World Conference for Women, which will open today.
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