Small steps: Bystander action for equality

This Quick Reads covers:

• GMA, Regional transgender healthcare report 2025
• New Classifications Office report, Online exposure: experiences of extreme or illegal content in Aotearoa (2026)
• MoJ releases Evaluation of the Victim Assistance Scheme (VAS): final report (2025).
• New study explores coerced business debt in the context of FV
• MoJ Long-Term Insight Briefing (LTIB) released

This Quick Reads covers:

• Survivor Support and Recognition Fund open for applications
• New report: Understanding homelessness for wāhine Māori (2025)
• New Emergency Management Bill before select committee, submissions open
• Tertiary study options in violence prevention and response
• Our Watch’s first annual Prevention knowledge report focuses on prevention in media

This Quick Reads covers:

• Call for inputs on the impact of mental health challenges on the human rights of young people
• Call for input to the report of the Special Rapporteur on VAWG on violence against older women
• Guidance note on addressing care in times of conflict and crisis
• Policy brief on narratives and perceptions of migrant women
• New evidence brief on the escalation of online violence against women in the public sphere
• First comprehensive analysis of the Global Database on VAWG
• Third international compendium of practices on safe cities and safe public spaces for women and girls released
• New toolkit for gender equality in the sports ecosystem released
• New report: Pacific Gender Outlook 2025

This Quick Reads covers:

• Submissions open on the Crimes Amendment Bill
• Ministry of Justice violence related Requests for Information (RFI)
• Submissions open on the Arms Bill
• Changes to electoral laws come into effect
• New research on sexual violence and unwanted sexual experiences among high school students in Aotearoa
• New report on harm young New Zealanders encounter online