'I Am Not the First Woman to Work and Have a Baby': Global Praise for New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern
Drawing global applause, New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern announced Friday that she is expecting her first child, and that she plans to work through her pregnancy and retain her political post, telling reporters outside her home: “I am not the first woman to multitask. I am not the first woman to work and have a baby.”
“I know these are special circumstances, but there are many women who would have done this well before I have,” she added.
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Ardern said she will take a six-week maternity leave, deferring to Deputy Prime Minister Winston Peters during that time. After that, “we’ll be joining the many parents out there who wear two hats,” Ardern wrote in a Facebook post announcing her pregnancy. “I’ll be Prime Minister AND a mum, and Clarke will be ‘first man of fishing’ and stay at home dad.”
The news of Ardern’s pregnancy was met with an outpouring of support as well as commentary about the importance of empowering women to pursue both motherhood and their careers.
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