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What is SWF?
By the 1960s, women were writing books identifying that the social roles of women were in fact a political issue.
This alerted women across the world they were not alone in how they felt, and this collective discontent evolved into the political and social movement.
General aims of SWF
- Equal pay and opportunities for women
- Childcare facilities
- Greater representation in politics
- An end to the objectification of women’s bodies
- An end of male violence towards women
- The right for women to control their own fertility and have access to abortion
What sparked the movement
1972, Germaine Greer visits New Zealand.
This event gave energy and visibility to the women’s movement in Aotearoa. In a speech that hit out at anti-abortion lobbyists and unions that that obstructed women, Greer used swear words, for which she was arrested.
This gave enormous publicity to the women’s movement. There were protests in NZ gains her arrest where women chanted the swears she said.
Significance
Was responsible for many legal and cultural victories, bred an environment of solidarity amongst women who were fighting together for equality.
