May 16, 2020 | COVID-19, Policy Commons Blog
The Budget’s investment in physical infrastructure is necessary for economic recovery, but it must be recognised that the number of women in those jobs is much lower than in social infrastructure like heath services and education. The Government should consider...
May 15, 2020 | COVID-19, Events, Policy Commons Blog
This is the first of a number of Gender Impact Analysis Policy Forums we are hosting over the coming six months. Subscribe for updates. Speakers: • Saunoamaali’i Kararina Sumeo (Equal Employment Opportunities Commissioner, Human Rights Commission) • Traci Houpapa...
May 11, 2020 | COVID-19, Events, Policy Commons Blog
This is the first of a number of Gender Impact Analysis Policy Forums we are hosting over the coming six months. Register here for the event About this Event Speakers: • Saunoamaali’i Kararina Sumeo (Equal Employment Opportunities Commissioner, Human Rights...
May 8, 2020 | COVID-19, Events
Watch the recording of the webinar Dear friend Although the COVID-19 pandemic has put the brakes on Australia’s paid market economy, our unpaid non-market economy – the cooking, cleaning and caring taking place within Australians’ households – is still...
May 7, 2020 | COVID-19, Policy Commons Blog, Policy Pod
Professor John Mohan Director of the Third Sector Research Centre Professor of Social Policy University of Birmingham Seelye Visiting Fellow Advocates of the third sector and voluntary action make extensive claims about the distinctive virtues of voluntary...
May 5, 2020 | COVID-19, Policy Commons Blog
If you had mentioned ‘flattening the curve’ in 2019, chances are you would have been met with a blank stare. However, almost halfway through 2020, the language of data visualisation has become commonplace, and data visualisations are widely used to communicate about...
Apr 30, 2020 | COVID-19, Policy Commons Blog
By Dr Claire Charters – Where does our rock, New Zealand’s constitutional foundation, te Tiriti o Waitangi, fit in all the emergency powers, regulations and obligations on the Government in this time of pandemic? The Covid-19 era is like a fast-moving picture...
Apr 21, 2020 | COVID-19, News, Policy Commons Blog
By Charlotte Muru-Lanning – The voice of kaumātua is key to Māori wellbeing beyond the Covid-19 crisis – and a new study seeks their understanding and advice on how tikanga might have to change. As we near the end of the fourth week of a nationwide...
Apr 21, 2020 | COVID-19, Policy Commons Blog
By Jay Marlowe – As the world, and New Zealand, shuts its borders, the millions of refugees globally are forgotten in high density camps. Jay Marlowe argues we can’t only look inward in fighting Covid-19. The “cautious optimism,” expressed recently by...
Apr 6, 2020 | COVID-19, Policy Commons Blog
By John Mohan – As the ripple effects of Covid-19 continue to put livelihoods on the line and a recession seems inevitable, the fate of organisations that largely survive on donations and volunteers is precarious. Current severe restrictions on movement mean the...
