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malaise

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Fri Jan 19, 2018, 08:57 AM Jan 2018

Did you know that the Prime Minister of New Zealand is pregnant

Did you know that the first country where women won the right to vote is New Zealand.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jan/18/new-zealand-jacinda-ardern-pregnant
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Ardern, who was sworn in to office in October, said in a Facebook post that she and her partner, Clarke Gayford, are expecting in June.

“Clarke and I are really excited that in June our team will expand from two to three, and that we’ll be joining the many parents out there who wear two hats,” the 37-year-old wrote.
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“I’ll be prime minister and a mum, and Clarke will be ‘first man of fishing’ and stay at home dad. I think it’s fair to say that this will be a wee one that a village will raise, but we couldn’t be more excited.”

In 1990, Pakistan’s then prime minister, Benazir Bhutto, gave birth to a daughter, in what was said to be a first for an elected world leader.
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Did you know that the Prime Minister of New Zealand is pregnant (Original Post) malaise Jan 2018 OP
Very happy for her and her partner. Irish_Dem Jan 2018 #1
Ain't it grand that women can multitask? TexasProgresive Jan 2018 #2
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