Timeline

Victim-survivor perspectives on longer-term support after experiencing violence and abuse (The Backbone Collective, 2020) published

Relationship and sexuality education guides (Ministry of Education, 2020) for teaching Years 1-8 and Years 9-13 published

First Minister for the Prevention of Family and Sexual Violence appointed - Marama Davidson (Green Party) – Minister outside Cabinet

Te Taanga Manawa a new multi-disciplinary family violence hub in Manukau launched, collocating Police, government and community agencies

$183 million in 2020 Budget for family and sexual violence services announced

Social Wellbeing Agency replaces the Social Investment Agency (19 March 2020)

Elder abuse in Aotearoa : the proposed future strategy for Elder Abuse Response Services (Ministry of Social Development, 2020) published

Three 5-year frameworks for the prevention of family violence covering the three Ministry of Social Development campaigns launched:

• E Tū Whānau Mahere Rautaki – Framework for change, 2019-2023
• Pasefika Proud – Pathways for Change, 2019-2023
• Campaign for Action on Family Violence – Framework for change, 2019-2023

New "Curriculum Leads” to work directly with schools, kura, early learning services and kōhanga reo to support the teaching of mental health and healthy relationships announced

Crimes (Definition of Female Genital Mutilation) Amendment Act 2020 passed

Abortion Legislation Act 2020 passed, amending the Contraception, Sterilisation, and Abortion Act 1977

Privacy Act 2020 passed, replacing Privacy Act 1993

Te Taniwha I Te Ao Ture-ā-Whānau, Whānau Experience of Care and Protection in the Family Court (Boulton, Wikaira, Cvitanovic & Williams, 2020) published

Parenting arrangements after separation study: Evaluating the 2014 family law reforms: Parents' and caregivers' perspectives - Part 2 (Taylor & Gollop, 2020) published. Part 1 published in 2019

Te Kuku O Te Manawa: Moe ararā! Haumanutia ngā moemoeā a ngā tūpuna mō te oranga o ngā tamariki (Office of the Children's Commissioner, 2020) published, the second and final report by the Children’s Commissioner into the removal of pēpi by Oranga Tamariki

He Take Kōhukihuki | A Matter of Urgency (Office of the Ombudsman, 2020) published, part of the investigation into the removal of newborn pēpi by Oranga Tamariki

Improving outcomes for tamariki Māori, their whānau, hapū and iwi | Te whanake i ngā hua mō ngā tamariki Māori, ō rātau whānau, hapū, iwi anō hoki : Section 7AA report (Oranga Tamariki, 2020) published

Prism : human rights issues relating to sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, and sex characteristics (SOGIESC) in Aotearoa New Zealand - A report with recommendations (Human Rights Commission, 2020) published

Making Disability Rights Real, Whakatūturu Ngā Tika Hauātanga (Independent Monitoring Mechanism 2020) published

Independent Review on the New Zealand Defence Force's progress on the Action Plan for Operation Respect (Teale & MacDonald, 2020) published

2019 Gender Attitudes Survey (Gender Equal NZ, 2020) published

NZFVC and Ngā Wai a Te Tūī launch the COVID-19 and Te Whare Māori portals to provide information on preventing and responding to family, whānau and sexual violence during the COVID-19 pandemic

Men who use violence | Ngā tāne ka whakamahi i te whakarekereke - the sixth report of the Family Violence Death Review Committee published

International principles and guidelines on access to justice for persons with disabilities (Special Rapporteur on the rights of persons with disabilities, OHCHR, 2020) published

Safe and healthy working environments free from violence and harassment (ILO, 2020) published

1980 Child Abduction Convention: Guide to good practice. Part VI Article 13(1)(b) (The Hague Conference on Private International Law – HCCH Permanent Bureau, 2020) published

Global status report on preventing violence against children 2020 (WHO, 2020) published