...every time things seem to be sorting out, something else comes along to mess it up again, because that’s how life is, particularly for vulnerable people of all kinds ...

Poor pay and conditions contribute so much to women’s stress and consequent poor physical, emotional, and mental health outcomes. Eighty percent of auto immune disease is in women...Maori and Pacific women fare measurably worst among women here in all spheres of life. Not paying women adequately for their work exacerbates all the structural problems...Women’s work matters to everyone.