After Jacinda Ardern, a ‘Scary Time’ for women in New Zealand politics
Source: The New York Times
The last time New Zealanders voted in a general election, they were choosing between two women who were self-professed feminists. Three years later, in a sign of how sharply the pendulum has swung, they will pick between two men named Chris.
Ahead of next month’s polls, and 130 years after New Zealand become the first country to grant women the vote, the political landscape is in many ways unrecognizable from the era of former Prime Minister Jacinda Arden, whose pursuit of women’s rights and gun control transformed her country’s image abroad.
Click here to read the full article published by The New York Times on 22 September 2023.
The last time New Zealanders voted in a general election, they were choosing between two women who were self-professed feminists. Three years later, in a sign of how sharply the pendulum has swung, they will pick between two men named Chris.
Ahead of next month’s polls, and 130 years after New Zealand become the first country to grant women the vote, the political landscape is in many ways unrecognizable from the era of former Prime Minister Jacinda Arden, whose pursuit of women’s rights and gun control transformed her country’s image abroad.
Click here to read the full article published by The New York Times on 22 September 2023.