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Jacinda Ardern, former New Zealand PM: World leaders need empathy

Jacinda Ardern, former New Zealand PM: World leaders need empathy

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Dame Jacinda Ardern talks to Kylie Pentelow about leadership in a time of populism

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BBC presenter Kylie Pentelow speaks to Dame Jacinda Ardern, New
Zealand’s former Prime Minister about the importance of
empathetic leadership in the time of populism and strongman
politics. In 2017 Ardern became the youngest Prime Minister in
the world at the time, and only the second ever to have a baby
whilst in office. She was praised for her humane approach and
leadership through crises such as the 2019 Christchurch terrorist
attack that saw 51 killed. She swiftly brought in gun laws and
reached out to the Muslim community targeted in the attack.

In her 5 years in politics she was a champion of climate change
and LGBGTQ and indigenous rights, but she was also criticised for
some of the harsh lockdown measures that her government enacted
during the pandemic.

Since leaving politics, Jacinda Ardern has been engaging in
global work focused on empathy in leadership, combatting climate
change and the prevention of online extremism.

She’s written books, including one about being a working mother,
and she now stars in a documentary about her life entitled
simply, Prime Minister. She’s currently a distinguished fellow
and part of the World Leaders Circle at Oxford University.

Thank you to the Woman’s Hour team for its help in making this
programme. The Interview brings you conversations with people
shaping our world, from all over the world. The best interviews
from the BBC. You can listen on the BBC World Service on Mondays,
Wednesdays and Fridays at 0800 GMT. Or you can listen to The
Interview as a podcast, out three times a week on BBC Sounds or
wherever you get your podcasts.

Presenter: Kylie Pentelow Producers: Dianne McGregor, Farhana
Haider & Clare Williamson Editor: Justine Lang

Get in touch with us on email TheInterview@bbc.co.uk and use the
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(Image: Jacinda Ardern Credit: Marvin Joseph/The Washington Post
via Getty Images)