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Jacinda’s Labour plans shouldn’t be about her labour plans

Jacinda’s Labour plans shouldn’t be about her labour plans

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Wednesday, August 2, 2017

It's been a little over 24 hours since it was announced that Jacinda Ardern is the new Labour Party leader, but already she's faced multiple instances of questions from media personalities that have focused around whether she plans on having children. She's hit back saying that it's completely inappropriate to ask such questions in 2017. Ximena speaks to Katherine Ravenswood from AUT’s Gender & Diversity Research Group about the gendered question line and how prevalent it is in women’s experiences in the workplace.