Te Rā o Ngā Wāhine o te Ao, e whakarapopototia ana ko IWD; He hakari tēnei i whakatūria i te 8 o Poutū-te-rangi i ia tau hei whakanui i ngā takoha nui a ngā wāhine me ā rātou whakatutukitanga nunui i roto i ngā mara ohaoha, tōrangapū me te pāpori.

He rerekē te kaupapa matua o te whakanui i ia rohe, i ia rohe, mai i te whakanui whānui i te whakaute, te maioha me te aroha ki ngā wāhine ki te whakanui i ngā whakatutukitanga ōhanga, tōrangapū me te pāpori a ngā wāhine. Mai i te tīmatanga o te hakari hei huihuinga tōrangapū i tīmatahia e ngā wahine tautoko i te manapori, kua hanumi te hakari ki ngā ahurea o ngā whenua maha, ko te nuinga i roto i ngā whenua tautokopori.

He rā whakanui te Rā o Ngā Wāhine o te Ao i roto i ngā whenua maha o te ao. I tēnei rā, ka whakamihia ngā whakatutukitanga a ngā wāhine, ahakoa tō rātou iwi, iwi taketake, reo, ahurea, tūnga ōhanga me te tūnga tōrangapū. Mai i tōna tīmatanga, kua whakatuwherahia e te Rā o Ngā Wāhine o te Ao tētahi ao hou mō ngā wāhine i roto i ngā whenua whakawhanake me ngā whenua whakawhanake. Ko te kaupapa wāhine o te ao e tipu haere ana, i whakakahangia e ngā huihuinga ā-ao e whā a te Kotahitanga o Ngā Whenua mō ngā wāhine, me te whakanui i te Rā o Ngā Wāhine o te Ao, kua noho hei karanga tautoko mō ngā tika o ngā wāhine me te whai wāhi a ngā wāhine ki ngā take tōrangapū me te ōhanga.

Kua whakapau kaha tonu tā mātou kamupene ki te whakapai ake i te wairua o te kawenga pāpori, te whai kia pai ake te tūnga o ngā wāhine i roto i ngā mahi pāpori, te tiaki i ngā tika me ngā painga tika o ngā kaimahi wāhine i roto i te kamupene, me te whakatū i ētahi taurangi oranga mō ngā kaimahi wāhine, kia pai ake ai te wairua nō roto me te harikoa o ngā kaimahi wāhine i roto i te kamupene.

Hei whakamutunga, ngā mihi nui ki ngā kaimahi wahine, Ngā mihi o te Rā Wahine!