A woman’s place is in the House…of Representatives: How Labour women can use Direct Voter Contact to support their election campaigns

Author: Sarah Kerby

---

A woman’s place is in the House…of Representatives: How Labour women can use Direct Voter Contact to support their election campaigns

Sarah Kerby
13 June 2022

Kerby, S. (2022). A woman's place is in the House...of Representatives: How Labour women can use Direct Voter Contact to support their election campaigns. (A redacted thesis submitted for the degree of Master of Professional Practice, Otago Polytechnic, Dunedin, New Zealand). https://doi.org/10.34074/thes.5774

Abstract

This thesis discusses barriers to and pathways to election for women at local and central government level. The thesis also discusses the use of Direct Voter Contact in a New Zealand environment.

Access the guide DVC for Women: Election strategies for Women in Aotearoa by Sarah Kerby.

Keywords: local government, central government, direct voter contact (DVC), women in politics, elections

Sarah's research was supervised by Alexa Forbes and Steve Henry.

Licence

A redacted version of the thesis, and the guide DVC for Women, are publicly available under a Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial No Derivatives licence CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 International