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Model for New Zealand act of the same name.
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Case confirming the single legal identity of the husband and wife.
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Removed many of the features of coverture. Specifically allowed a married woman to own her own property separate from her husband, to have her own legal identity, to be responsible for her own debts, to testify against her husband in court and to sue and be sued.
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Confirmed obligation of the husband to supply his wife with the neccessaries of life, even after he has driven her away.
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New Zealand is the first country in the world to grant female suffrage.
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made it illegal for a woman to be paid less than a man if they were performing the same job.
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restricts the purchase of alcohol to those aged 20 years and abovce
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s 19 bans discrimination
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Attempted to rememdy the gender wage gap, occuring because lower income jobs are dominated by females while high income jobs are dominated by males.
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'Earth Summit' in Rio. Treaty outlining the aim of reducing greenhouse gas emissions to reduce global warming.
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s 21 bans discrimination. Specifically in relation to gender, sexual orientation, family status and marital status.
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tighter regulations surrounding the prosecution of abusive domestic partners.
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Kyoto Japan. Set out mandatory requirements for raitified, developed countries to meet in relation to carbon emissions. Developing countries had to report on emissions but not act to decrease them.
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amended the age of purchase for alcohol to 18 years
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Allowed for a lump sum payment to the spouse who would be notably worse off after divorce, assuming this inequality was due to the 'division of functions' within the relationship.
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allowed for a mother to take 12 weeks (subsequently extended to 14 weeks) of paid parental leave after birth. This could be transferred to her husband.
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arguably infringed on civil rights in an attempt to respond to UN security council resolution 1373, declaring that states would pass anti-terrorist legislation
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Decriminalised prostitution. Compliant with CEDAW article 6, which states nations will stop 'the exploitation of prostitution of women'.
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NZ refuses to be a part of the 'coalition of the willing'. International law is largely split over the legality of the invasion, most believe it was not legal, as it had to be justified under a 2002 resolution relating to arms inspection, as there were dubious reports claiming Iraw had WoMDs.
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aimed to amend the drinking age back up to 20 years and also create tighter restrictions around advertising alcohol.
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found a prime facie breach of s 14 and 19(1) of BoRA, but found these were justified under s 5 and so there was no s 7 breach.
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passed on to select committee with a mjority of 78 to 41 Richard Prebble and Phil Goff against the legslation. Craig McNair for the legislation.
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180 submission received. 81 for, 61 against, 23 mixed and 15 against.
ALAC submission supports the bill although it claims it will not go the whole way to solving the problem
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banned the examination of rape victims past sexual history during trial.
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voted down, 72: 49.
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Agreement made to certify a new agreement in 2009 and to replace Kyoto Porotocol which expired in 2012
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added provisions preventing the financing of terrorism
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Failed attempt to create a new UN agreement on carbon emissions
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2nd failed attempt to certify new principles for climate change treaty.