Jane Prichard, of Auckland, CNZM, for services to women
Jane Prichard was President of Pacific Women’s Watch New Zealand (PWWNZ). Under her leadership, PWWNZ gained special consultative status with the UN Economic and Social Council. She has played a key leadership role in the United Nations NGO 10- and 15-year reviews of the Beijing Declaration and Beijing Platform for Action. She is Vice President of the International Council of Women (ICW). She oversaw the formal constitution and registration of the ICW’s Asia-Pacific Regional Council, became Foundation President, and chaired a seminar in Fiji, the first such seminar to be held in the Pacific. She fundraised for the National Council of Women to enable women from Pacific Island countries to attend ICW meetings. Mrs Prichard was an Executive member of Asia-Pacific Women’s Watch and President of Bridge-Builders International.