EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

• Introduction
• Key Issues
• Sector Findings
• Agreed Actions
• Further Work

Introduction
This report presents a set of gender disparity indicators from six sectors covering education, employment, income, health, housing, and criminal justice. The two main purposes of the Report are to:

• Identify the disparities that exist between Maori women, Maori men, non-Maori women, and non-Maori men across the sectors of education, employment, income, health, housing, and criminal justice, using a selection of indicators.
• Analyse the status of Maori women and girls, relative to other groups, and against progress towards achieving the Government's Goals for Women of equity, opportunity and choice; full and active participation; adequate resources; no discrimination; and, a society that values the contribution of women.

The data and information in this report are a tool to assist agencies to undertake gender analysis as it applies to Maori women and their roles within whanau, hapü, iwi and Maori society.

The Report provides the necessary background information to identify where concrete action is required across the six sectors to address the disparities identified in the Report.

The indicators and most of the associated data in this report are based on populations of individuals, rather than whanau, hapu or iwi. Therefore care should be taken in interpreting the findings of this report, as it does not provide a full picture of Maori women's aspirations and successes. Rather, the Report has been compiled to assist government agencies to be more responsive to Maori women and to develop approaches and solutions in partnership with Maori women that support the Crown's Treaty of Waitangi principles of partnership, participation and protection.