Former New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern

Harris Marley

Global Courant 2023-04-26 16:33:49

Former New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, who led her country through a devastating mass shooting, will temporarily attend Harvard University later this year, Kennedy School Dean Douglas Elmendorf said Tuesday.

Ardern, a global icon of the left and an inspiration to women around the world, has been appointed to dual fellowships at Harvard Kennedy School. She will serve as the 2023 Angelopoulos Global Public Leaders Fellow and Hauser Leader in the school’s Center for Public Leadership starting this fall.

“Jacinda Ardern showed the world strong and empathetic political leadership,” Elmendorf said in a statement, adding that Ardern “will bring important insights to our students and generate vital conversations about the public policy choices facing leaders at all levels.” .”

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New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern speaks at a press conference in Sydney on July 8, 2022. Ardern will attend Harvard University later in 2023. (AP Photo/Rick Rycroft, File)

The center has been a key partner as New Zealand worked to confront violent extremism online after a white supremacist gunman killed 51 people in two mosques in the city of Christchurch in 2019, Ardern said. The gunman livestreamed the massacre on Facebook for 17 minutes before the video was removed.

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