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demmiblue

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Fri Jan 19, 2018, 07:49 AM Jan 2018

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern reveals she is pregnant

Source: CNN

(CNN)New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern announced Friday that she and her partner, Clarke Gayford, are expecting their first child in June.

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"I am not the first woman to multi-task, I'm not the first woman to work and have a baby, I know these are special circumstances but there will be many women who will have done this well before I have," she said.

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During the 2017 election campaign, an interview with Ardern on New Zealand radio went viral and sparked a debate about sexism after a radio host quizzed her on her baby plans just hours into the job.

"I elected to talk about it, it was my choice ... but for other women it is totally unacceptable in 2017 to say a woman should have to answer that question in the workplace," she said.

Read more: http://www.cnn.com/2018/01/18/asia/jacinda-ardern-pregnant/index.html?sr=twCNN011818jacinda-ardern-pregnant0731PMStory

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