The Young Greens are incredibly proud to mark 125 years of womens' suffrage by celebrating our Green Caucus being made up of 75% women!
125 years after activists like Kate Sheppard, Meri Te Tai Mangakāhia and 25,519 others won the right to vote, it's important for us to reflect on what else they were fighting for, and how far we still have to go.
Equal pay, domestic violence and the rights of our trans women are incredibly important issues where Aotearoa still has work to do. We are proud that these Green wāhine toa are at the forefront of that work. Including the wonderful Minister for Women, Julie Anne Genter MP who is looking after her beautiful new baby.
We hope you've enjoyed this suffrage day, at such a poignant time to reflect, and to fight on for our mana wāhine.
[Image Description: Green MPs Chlöe Swarbrick, Acting Minister for Women Eugenie Sage MP, Undersecretary for Domestic and Sexual Violence Jan Logie MP, Co-Leader Marama Davidson MP and Golriz Ghahraman MP standing in the halls of Parliament. Text at the top is a quote from Eugenie's Speech in the House today and says "The Suffragettes knew that getting the vote was only the start."]
