National Digital Launch | Tuesday 8 September 2026

What story do we want the next generation to inherit?

Join UN Women Aotearoa New Zealand for the public launch of The Generation That Changes the Story, Together, a national movement bringing together people, communities and organisations around a shared ambition: to shape a future where the next generation can thrive.

A future grounded in equality, respect, safety, agency and opportunity. Where women and men, girls and boys recognise that creating a more equitable world is not the responsibility of one gender, generation or organisation, but something we all contribute to.

This 90-minute digital event on Zoom will bring together inspiring speakers, community leaders, partner organisations and diverse voices from across Aotearoa for an honest, hopeful and future-focused national conversation.

Through personal stories, lived experience, research and discussion, we will explore some of the interconnected forces shaping the world the next generation is inheriting:

Equality and opportunity — who gets to participate, lead, influence and thrive?
Young people and the digital world — how are technology, social media and online culture shaping identity, relationships and expectations?
Positive masculinity and allyship — how can boys and men be active contributors to gender equality and positive change?
Economic agency — how do we create greater access to financial confidence, opportunity, leadership and wealth for women?
Healthy relationships and safety — how do we build cultures of respect, care, consent and belonging and invest earlier in preventing violence?
Leadership and workplace culture — what role can organisations play in changing the systems, behaviours and opportunities people experience every day?
Families, education and communities — what values, behaviours and stories are we passing from one generation to the next?
Intergenerational change — what do we want to carry forward, and what are we prepared to change?

At the heart of the conversation is a simple belief:

None of us holds the whole solution, but all of us can contribute to it.

The Generation That Changes the Story, Together is about connecting the knowledge, lived experiences, leadership and mahi already happening across Aotearoa and asking what becomes possible when we bring those threads together.

The launch will also introduce ways individuals and organisations can participate through conversation, education, storytelling, advocacy, fundraising, partnership, workplace activation and collective action, creating a journey through International Men's Day, the 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence and International Women's Day and beyond.

Whether you are a young person, parent, educator, community leader, employer, advocate, researcher or simply someone who believes the next generation deserves the opportunity to inherit something better, we invite you to join us.

Every generation inherits a story.

Every generation has the opportunity to change it.

What will ours leave behind?

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