Jacinda Ardern’s resignation: Gender and the toll of strong, compassionate leadership

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Jacinda Ardern’s resignation: Gender and the toll of strong, compassionate leadership

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Jacinda Ardern and family 2018
A photo shared by former prime minister Jacinda Ardern in 2018, the day she returned to the PM’s office after maternity leave; pictured with fiancé Clarke Gayford and baby Neve [Image: Copyright: Jacinda Ardern]

Massey University senior lecturer Suze Wilson reflects on former prime minister Jacinda Ardern’s decision to step down and the sexist narrative that has raised its ugly head in New Zealand politics

Probably few of us can ever grasp just how unrelentingly demanding and difficult leading a country actually is Uneasy is the head that wears the