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MPs and members of the Gender Justice Collective on the steps of Parliament after the petition was handed in. “It is so sad about Kiri. What it does highlight . cervical cancer is preventable. We know that. We can have these self testing kits for the HPV virus and we can do better,” she said. Women’s health strategies existed in Australia, the United Kingdom and Canada. Without one, health services did not have a complete view of the issues facing women, wahine Māori, and trans and non-binary people, she said. At the moment, it was up to individuals and groups to pressure the Government for better funding, and women’s health issues were often put in the “too hard basket”, she said.
The Gender Justice Collective is urging the Government to develop a National Women’s Health Strategy
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“What we’re actually trying to do this International Women’s Day, is do some work towards achieving a better health system for New Zealand women”
The Gender Justice Collective is on a mission to get $6 million committed to a health strategy for all women, wāhine and trans women in New Zealand.
On 7 March, the collective launched its online petition to urge the Government to create a National Women’s Health and Wellbeing Strategy, and to allocate $6 million to this in Budget 2021.
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We know vaccines are safe and effective for men and women. We don’t have those answers for pregnant women.
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Now pregnant women find themselves excluded from the life-saving benefits of a COVID-19 vaccination. Because they were not part of clinical trials, we cannot know with certainty if vaccines are safe and effective for them.
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