Our 2011 election manifesto - Labour Party

Sexual and Reproductive Health
Labour will ensure that all women have access to an affordable and comprehensive
range of sexual and reproductive health services.
Young women and migrant women
Labour will ensure access to women friendly youth and migrant health services.
Labour will over time develop nationwide networks of services for women with eating
and associated disorders and develop programmes to address binge drinking by
young women.
Labour will review the effectiveness of the health and physical wellbeing curriculum
strand in schools to assess the adequacy of resource and training needs to deliver
the curriculum.
Women in prison
Women in prison make up a small portion of the overall prison population and have
particular needs. Women are more likely to be imprisoned away from family support.
Women in prison require focus and support, particularly in circumstances relating to
addictions, dealing with violence and abuse that many women prisoners have faced and
implications of pregnancy and motherhood.
Labour believes that there needs to be support for women dealing with addiction
issues at all three Women‟s Prisons.
Labour will review and strengthen the provisions around women caring for their
babies while in prison to maximise the well-being of the child.
International women‟s issues
Labour‟s overseas aid and development policy focuses on improving standards of living for
the poorest people in the countries with which New Zealand works.
Women are the key to development and improved opportunities for women and girls.
Labour will encourage policies which actively include women in all aspects of development
activity.
Labour is committed to the Programme of Action adopted by the International Conference on
Population and Development. Development programmes will be consistent with the UN
Declaration of Human Rights and the recommendations from the Fourth World Conference
on Women and the Convention on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women.
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