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As prime minister of New Zealand, Jacinda Ardern juggled leadership and motherhood

2025/6/16
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Jacinda Ardern: 我对男性体育主播认为所有求职女性都应该公开她们的生育计划的言论感到愤怒，因为我认为生育选择是个人隐私，不应该成为职业发展的障碍。我一直公开谈论想要组建家庭，但将此作为所有女性的必答题，我对此深感反感。当时我用手指指着那位体育主播，明确表示你可以问我这个问题，但你不应该问所有女性。我认为女性应该有权自主决定是否以及何时生育，而不应因此受到歧视或不公平对待。社会应该更加尊重和支持女性的生育选择，为职业女性提供更好的工作环境和支持系统，帮助她们平衡工作和家庭。

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This chapter introduces Jacinda Ardern's memoir, "A Different Kind of Power," and highlights her refreshing approach to leadership, challenging conventional attitudes towards women in politics, particularly regarding motherhood and career.
  • Jacinda Ardern's memoir, A Different Kind of Power.
  • Her approach to leadership challenged conventional attitudes towards women in politics.
  • She openly discussed wanting a family and faced criticism for it.

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In 2017, Jacinda Ardern was sitting in a bathroom waiting to learn two things: whether she was going to be the prime minister of New Zealand – and whether she was pregnant. Ardern became only the second person in history to give birth while holding elected office at the top of government. And as prime minister, she had few people to turn to for advice on balancing the challenges of motherhood with leading a country. In today's episode, Ardern joins NPR's Mary Louise Kelly for a conversation about her new memoir A Different Kind of Power. They discuss what it was like to be a young woman running a country, the way Ardern has experienced parental guilt inside and outside of her political career, and how she knew when it was time to leave office.To listen to Book of the Day sponsor-free and support NPR's book coverage, sign up for Book of the Day+ at plus.npr.org/bookofthedayLearn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices)NPR Privacy Policy)