New Zealand's newborn Jacinda Ardern steals the show at the UK General Assembly


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NEW YORK – An unexpected scene in the audience of the 73rd General Assembly of the United Nations could end up doing more good than all the great political speeches combined.

Neve Ardern Gayford, daughter of New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern second world leader to give birth during his term. Now she is also the first to bring her baby to the United Nations, with her own baby name.

You could call it a difficult political moment for Ardern who came to power last year, defending the rights of working mothers and who quickly became a working mother.

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Jacinda Ardern, Prime Minister and Minister of Arts, Culture and Heritage and National Security and Intelligence New Zealand is holding her daughter Neve Te Aroha Ardern Gayford, under the eyes of her husband Clarke Gayford a day before the start of the General Debate of the 73rd Session of the General Assembly at the United Nations in New York.

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But at a time when women are still less than a quarter of the world 's elected, it is obvious that photos of her with her baby count. Perhaps less obvious is the main reason why everything seems to work.

Clarke Gayford is Ardern's partner and a TV host turned father at home for Neve. While mom was working, he was quietly eliminating some sexual barriers, proudly changing his diapers on one of the largest scenes in the world.

"I would have liked to capture the surprised look on a Japanese delegation that went into a meeting room in the middle of a diaper change," he wrote. "Super wire for her 21st."

Not a bad thread for us either.

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