Individual readers can also help by becoming an Extra member. Jacinda Ardern, in full Jacinda Kate Laurell Ardern, (born July 26, 1980, Hamilton, New Zealand), New Zealand politician who in August 2017 became leader of the New Zealand Labour Party and then in October 2017, at age 37, became the country’s youngest prime minister in more than 150 years.

As long as there are kids in New Zealand, if they are LGBTQI, if they have high levels of mental health issues or self harm, that tells us that we still have work to do.”She pledged to to provide period products to all girlsEarlier this year, Ardern made a public commitment to end “period poverty” by giving all school-aged people who have periods free sanitary products. Jessica Mellor is the Chief Operating Officer of The Star Gold Coast, and is the youngest person and only woman to have been appointed. Birthday celebrations are being marked by a number creative means. painted a Lego-styled image of the Prime Minister, safe, hygienic spaces in which to use them. At 37, Jacinda Ardern became the world’s youngest head of state in 2017, as New Zealand’s Prime Minister.

She became the second female state leader to have a baby in office, and challenged expectationsOn 21 June 2018, less than a year into her tenure as PM, Ardern became the first sitting New Zealand PM to give birth and the second female state leader to do so in the world, when her daughter Neve Te Aroha Ardern Gayford was born. “I’m really proud of the work the team has done to make that real over the years and in our laws.”, “But we can’t be complacent. “Now our laws will too. “On 15 March [the day of the attack] our history changed forever,” she said. “I can hear now a chorus of parents laughing at the suggestion that you would ever have a routine with a five-week old baby but we’re doing really well nonetheless,” the Prime Minister joked.

Advertising and partnerships support our independent journalism. Ardern’s face now accompanies a dozen other Lego faces of superheroes including Batman, Wonder Woman and The Incredible Hulk.To mark this significant birthday milestone from one of the world’s most celebrated leaders, we’re taking a look at just some her incredible achievements since taking the role.

We are announcing action today on behalf of all New Zealanders to strengthen our gun laws and make our country a safer place.”She became the first NZ PM to march in an LGBTQ+ Pride eventIn February 2018, Ardern was the first ever NZ PM to march in a Pride parade. For better or worse she wanted to ‘make a difference’ and thought she could . Despite the promising poll figures, Ardern told Newstalk ZB Breakfast host Mike Hosking that she always keeps a “healthy skepticism around polls”.“We will never be complacent, a lot can change very quickly,” she said. Please contact us to get your account set up.

She banned military-style semi-automatics less than a month after Christchurch shootingsArdern received universal praise for her leadership in the aftermath of the Christchurch shooting, where an alt-right white suprematist killed 51 people and injured 49 in two mosques.Ardern refused to name the Christchurch terrorist attacker in her public addresses: saying, “I implore you: Speak the names of those who were lost, rather than the name of the man who took them. Ardern’s face now accompanies a dozen other Lego faces of superheroes including Batman, Wonder Woman and The Incredible Hulk. One of the achievements of Ardern is that she got involved with a political party and had the ambition to do something further than that. “There is no widespread undetected community transmission in New Zealand.

Support Women\'s Agenda & access our \'Extra\' content through a monthly membership. Block Vandal, a Wainuiomata street artist, painted a Lego-styled image of the Prime Minister on a Lower Hutt retaining wall in the Wellington Region in NZ. - Invalid Jessie Tu is a journalist with Women's Agenda. Ardern’s extraordinary display of empathy in the wake of Christchurch has been linked to the fact that she’s a woman. I wish I could have captured the startled look on a Japanese delegation inside UN yesterday who walked into a meeting room in the middle of a nappy change.Great yarn for her 21st. Her new book, A Lonely Girl is a Dangerous Thing, has just been released by Allen & Unwin. She eliminated COVID-19 in her country In late April, Ardern announced that there was no longer any undetected community transmission of COVID-19 and that her country had effectively “eliminated” the virus, with health authorities aware of and able to trace each current case.“We have done it together,” Ardern said in a press conference on Monday afternoon, just hours before the country began a phased exit from Level 4 lockdown measures. Australia’s biggest sporting bodies have committed to implementing governance that supports inclusion for trans and gender diverse people. There will be lots of questions (I can assure you we have a plan all ready to go!) “We know that nearly 95,000 nine-to-eighteen year olds may stay at home during their periods due to not being able to afford period products.”, She promised to spend NZ$2.6m on a scheme that would provide free sanitary products (aka tampons, pads, menstrual cups, etc) to schools in an effort to tackle period poverty.As NZ heads to the polls on September 19, things are looking positive and certain for this incredible leader. Ardern was unanimously elected as deputy leader of the Labour Party … It was a huge victory, given she only took over the leadership of the Labour Party seven weeks out from the election, and it made her New Zealand's youngest leader since the 1800s. © Women's Agenda 2020. “I’m sure we’re going through all of the emotions new parents go through, but at the same time feeling so grateful for all the kindness and best wishes from so many people,” Ardern has said.Ardern had announced her pregnancy on social media, saying, “ I’ll be PM & a mum.”, We thought 2017 was a big year!

This year we’ll join the many parents who wear two hats. Hope you had a great day with your family!”, Happy Birthday Jacinda! She was later elected to represent the Mount Albert electorate in a by-election in February 2017.

Great yarn for her 21st (birthday).”, Because everyone on twitter's been asking to see Neve's UN id, staff here whipped one up. Since then, she has transformed public assumptions about women in leadership. This field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged. Web Design by Pixel Palace. There were two election debates yesterday, and the differences couldn’t have been starker. To mark this significant birthday milestone from one of the world’s most celebrated leaders, we’re taking a look at just some her incredible achievements … But we must remain vigilant if we are to keep it that way,” she said.A short while after, New Zealand has since lifted all COVID-19 restrictions except for international border closures, meaning New Zealanders’ lives can return to normal, or “as normal as we can in the time of a global pandemic.”, She became the first world leader to bring baby to the UN general assembly and challenged more expectationsArdern made headlines in 2018 when she brought her daughter into a UN speech after she brought her daughter into a UN General Assembly in New York.On the global reaction, she said at the time: “I love that people have shared in this joy with us, and that’s been because I have a really public role and so I accept that means that our family life will be quite public… But at the same time, I’ve chosen a public life, Neve hasn’t.”Ardern appeared with her three-month-old daughter at the UN and was seen playing with her before giving a speech at the Nelson Mandela peace summit.Ardern told reporters that her partner’s expenses were paid for out of her own pocket; later, her partner posted a photo on Twitter on Monday of their daughters’ security pass, which reads “first baby, adding “I wish I could have captured the startled look on a Japanese delegation inside UN yesterday who walked into a meeting room in the middle of a nappy change. All right reserved. Log in to renew or change an existing membership. Australian singing and feminist icon Helen Reddy, known for her 1972 hit I Am Woman, has died at the age of 78 in Los Angeles. Access to sanitary products and to safe, hygienic spaces in which to use them is not equally distributed – and Ardern wanted that changed.“By making them freely available, we support these young people to continue learning at school,” she told reporters. The results came in on the same day that Ardern turned 40, and they are recorded as Ardern’s leadership is being recognised internationally. Apply.

HESTA is leading an initiative to encourage companies in the ASX200 to fill 40 per cent of their executive positions with women by 2030. Two women in New Zealand. Hope you had a great day with your family ❤️, A post shared by @ block_vandal_ on Jul 25, 2020 at 10:53pm PDT. but for now bring on 2018 pic.twitter.com/nowAYOhAbF.

He may have sought notoriety, but we in New Zealand will give him nothing, not even his name.”Just six days after the shootings, Ardern announced gun control measures to ban all types of semi-automatic weapons. Aussie brand, Modibodi, has recently released a new ad showing various mensuration-related deeds and consequences and Facebook has banned it. She joined a crowd of more than  25,000 in Auckland that called for more support for LGBTI people with mental illness.Ardern told TVNZ that the parade was about diversity and inclusiveness. Over the weekend and a little less than three years later, the latest Newshub polls indicate record approval ratings for Ardern’s Labour party.

It's been two years since Jacinda Ardern became New Zealand's Prime Minister at 37. pic.twitter.com/838BI96VYX.

He took a picture of his work and posted it on social media with a caption: “Happy Birthday Jacinda. During the stream, Ardern revealed that the family is “doing really well,” but laughingly acknowledges she and partner, Clarke Gayford have “no routine to speak of”. Two men in the US.

We have won that battle. Women’s Agenda is published by the 100% female owned and run Agenda Media. I’ll be PM & a mum while Clarke will be “first man of fishing” & stay at home dad. Ardern was first elected as an MP in the 2008 general election, when Labour lost power after nine years. The transparency she offers the world (frequently posting videos, updates and news on social media abodut her role as a parent) has been a welcomed relief from the traditionally opaque obscurity into the private lives of our politicians.Six weeks after the birth of her daughter, Ardern posted a Facebook Live video about her time off from her duties as a PM and settling into life with new baby daughter, Neve. Discount Code - Valid Support Women\'s Agenda & access our \'Extra\' content through an annual membership. “We know that we have to continue everyday to earn the support of New Zealanders.”, AchievementsBirthdayCOVID-19Jacinda ArdernNew Zealand. She got to be a politician so put herself up as a target on the public stocks.