New Zealand Law Society - Research and reports
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The Gender Equality Charter (GEC) Survey 2023 has shown that while the percentage of women lawyers in participating GEC workplaces and GEC law firms has increased to 59 per cent, the number of senior legal roles held by women at 36 per cent has remained unchanged since the 2018 Baseline survey. This falls short of the 50 per cent voluntary target set by the charter.
The survey was conducted by Essence Research between 8 August and 2 October 2023. The 110 then-qualified GEC signatories5 were sent an invitation. 94 responded, giving a response rate of 85 per cent.
Earlier Snapshot reports can be found here
Auckland Women Lawyers Association Parental Leave Entitlements Survey 2022
Auckland Women Lawyers Association, July 2022
New Zealand behind world on gender pay gap reporting
RNZ, June 2022
Women at Work: Global Outlook 2024 (survey results following up on inaugural Women@Work report)
Deloitte, 2024
Few large law firm leaders are women
New Zealand Law Society, December 2018