Providing medium and long-term direction for improving women's[1] health
As part of the health system reforms, we are developing a range of strategies to help guide our health system to achieve pae ora, healthy futures.
This will be the first Women’s Health Strategy for Aotearoa New Zealand. It will set the direction and priorities for improving women’s health and wellbeing. Women have rights to the highest attainable standard of health and to be free from discrimination. The Women’s Health Strategy will help to achieve that.
The strategy will be inclusive of gender diverse people, including intersex people, transgender people, non-binary people, and takatāpui and MVPFAFF+ gender diverse people who experience the health issues being considered in this strategy.
The Women’s Health Strategy is being developed alongside a series of other health strategies, including the New Zealand Health Strategy, Hauora Māori Strategy, Pacific Health Strategy, Health of Disabled People Strategy, and Rural Health Strategy.
Engaging on the Women’s Health Strategy
Here are some ways that you can take part in the public engagement on the Women’s Health Strategy. You can:
- Take part in online discussions about pae ora, on Tātou, Manatū Hauora’s new online discussion space.
- send us a written submission
This is just the beginning. As our engagement programme continues, there will be different ways to connect and share ideas about women’s health. We will post these as they become available.
[1] The Women’s Health Strategy will be inclusive of gender diverse people (including intersex people, transgender people, non-binary people, and takatāpui and MVPFAFF+ gender diverse people) who experience the health issues considered in this strategy. This includes all those who identify as women and those assigned female at birth.