July 17, 2018

Peg White

Social Entrepreneurs

Isabelle Smith & Josie Milton

July 17, 2018

Peg White

Social Entrepreneurs

We founded our social enterprise Necesse in early 2017 in an effort to address the ongoing issue of period poverty in New Zealand. The idea was simple – subscription tampons, with every order resulting in the donation of a box of tampons to women in need – enabling women to support other women.

May 27, 2018

Peg White

KAIWHAKAORA NGANGAHAU, (OCCUPATIONAL THERAPIST), COMMUNICATOR, CURIOUS SOUL

Julie Frew

May 27, 2018

Peg White

KAIWHAKAORA NGANGAHAU, (OCCUPATIONAL THERAPIST), COMMUNICATOR, CURIOUS SOUL

Women have shaped me, strengthened me, inspired me, mentored me, and buffered me. They have done it quietly, with no applause or search for recognition. These women are authentic, passionate, courageous, intelligent, and they love exceptionally and without agenda.

May 23, 2018

Peg White

MUM, Veterinarian, author

Amira Mikhail

May 23, 2018

Peg White

MUM, Veterinarian, author

My reality, my identity and my whole life as I had imagined it was challenged. I was forced to re-invent my perception of what it was to be a woman and what it was to be a mother.

May 2, 2018

Peg White

Educator, Blogger, ExcuseMeMissW

Elizabeth Wilson

May 2, 2018

Peg White

Educator, Blogger, ExcuseMeMissW

Despite the negative press recently, I strongly encourage more young women to consider teaching in boys schools. We have a place at the table. The next generation of young men needs us and our unique perspectives. I consider my role to be a privilege, teaching future husbands, partners and fathers.

February 14, 2018

Peg White

photographer

Naomi Haussmann

February 14, 2018

Peg White

photographer

all eyes on me, a white unaccompanied female
in a sea of men
soon it was like paparazzi
men asking for my picture
arms around me as if we were old friends

February 14, 2018

Peg White

blogger, influencer

Maddy Budd

February 14, 2018

Peg White

blogger, influencer

There is plenty of room for improvement when it comes to issues around race, gender and sexuality in NZ and the challenges I have faced in my life I believe are due to a lack of understanding around these things.

February 14, 2018

Peg White

Business Owner, Healer, Plant Lover

Jackie Lee

February 14, 2018

Peg White

Business Owner, Healer, Plant Lover

I have been lucky to have been raised by women who have not pushed their opinions on me. They have just been themselves, given me room to find my own feet, and to take the turns I have taken to discover my own truth.

February 14, 2018

Peg White

Artist, Events Producer, The Collect Founder

Lara Marshall

February 14, 2018

Peg White

Artist, Events Producer, The Collect Founder

By hiding my ‘form’ and subsequently my femininity I only aided and abetted that world view of female objectification where to be successful in a ‘mans world’ you had to dress like a man, talk like a man, essentially be a man.

February 14, 2018

Peg White

Muskaan Devta

February 14, 2018

Peg White

I have struggled a lot with accepting myself, since I was a child who was born with numerous complications, and also getting others to accept me.

June 26, 2017

Peg White

Strat Development manager, girl guiding nz

Andrea Brewster

June 26, 2017

Peg White

Strat Development manager, girl guiding nz

Feminism is a central part of my beliefs and identity because I believe in equality. Women are so powerful on an individual, collective and global level, and we're a force to be reckoned with in the business world.

June 22, 2017

Peg White

Owner of Our Daily Waste

Sharon McIver

June 22, 2017

Peg White

Owner of Our Daily Waste

Some event crew and attendees are initially surprised at seeing women take on the traditionally male roles of lifting, transporting and sorting waste, but once they realise we’re more than capable we usually get respect, and I now have waste truck drivers waving if they see me on the street.

May 28, 2017

Peg White

MUM, wife, freelancer, blogger

Emma Sage

May 28, 2017

Peg White

MUM, wife, freelancer, blogger

I love that our roles, whether it’s around the house, socially or vocationally, don’t define us. The day-to-day activities I do (or don’t do) don’t make me any more or less of a woman.

May 24, 2017

Peg White

Plant Gang leader, Artist, gardener, little chef

Liv Worsnop

May 24, 2017

Peg White

Plant Gang leader, Artist, gardener, little chef

They saw me as my brain, my attitude, my unique way of seeing and thinking and being and they talked to this aspect of me. They didn’t talk to me as a girl, they talked to me as a person.

May 24, 2017

Peg White

MUM, EDITOR

Sarah Pepperle

May 24, 2017

Peg White

MUM, EDITOR

As a feminist, it appals me that feminism is still a necessary thing. That we should have to think about gender parity, let alone still need to insist on it.

May 23, 2017

Peg White

Studio Manager McCarthy

Chelsay Mayor

May 23, 2017

Peg White

Studio Manager McCarthy

If being a feminist means being treated fairly and equally, then that is definitely what I stand for – for both women and men.

May 23, 2017

Peg White

HAPA Business Owner, Kid at heart

Maureen Taane

May 23, 2017

Peg White

HAPA Business Owner, Kid at heart

I learned how to speak up, to never concede anything, how to hold yourself with discipline, how to value beauty in things that are well made, to always listen to your inner voice, make sure you have at least one other language and double check your handbag contains everything you could possibly need, in any given situation.

May 22, 2017

Peg White

Digital marketer by day, Blogger by night

Vanessa Ortynsky

May 22, 2017

Peg White

Digital marketer by day, Blogger by night

We all need to challenge gender stereotypes and biases and celebrate women's achievement.