Bennett to vacate post for scholarship to US

New Zealand Herald - Audrey Young - 9 March 2010

Social Development Minister Paula Bennett will spend five weeks in the United States looking at ways to develop new policy on expanding corporate social responsibility in New Zealand.

She told the Herald it had been a difficult decision to accept such a long leave of absence from her ministerial post.

But New Zealand was at quite a precipice for change in the area of corporate social responsibility and she believed the scholarship would be invaluable.

She was interested in what role the Government could have in brokering arrangements between the corporate sector, non-government organisations and those they are helping.

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Minister accepts Eisenhower Fellowship

Beehive Press Release 9 March

Social Development Minister Paula Bennett announces she has accepted an Eisenhower Fellowship for the Women's Leadership Programme 2010.

 

Bennett to take up US fellowship

Radio New Zealand - 9 March 2010

Ms Bennett has accepted an Eisenhower Fellowship for women leaders that will run for six weeks, starting in October.