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The BBC conceded Friday it was wrong for writing about Jacinda Ardern’s shock resignation as prime minister of New Zealand with the headline: “Can women have it all?”<\/p>\n
The since-deleted headline was posted Thursday on Twitter with a link to an article by BBC World, the UK broadcaster’s global newsroom.<\/p>\n
Angry commentators contrasted it with BBC headline writers’ ungendered coverage of male politicians including Boris Johnson, the thrice-married father of seven who quit as UK prime minister last year.<\/p>\n
One labelled it “staggering sexism” while others accused the BBC of “misogyny”.<\/p>\n
The headline was later changed to say: “Departure reveals unique pressures on PM.” The story mentioned Ardern’s life as a working mother of a small child.<\/p>\n
“We quickly recognised the original headline wasn’t suitable for the story and changed it accordingly. We also deleted the associated tweet,” a BBC spokesperson told AFP.<\/p>\n
The 42-year-old Ardern — who steered New Zealand through natural disasters, the Covid pandemic, and its worst-ever terror attack — said she no longer had “enough in the tank”.<\/p>\n
While Ardern has not shied away from discussing the strains of office, she has been quick to shoot down sexist lines of questioning.<\/p>\n
In November, at a joint news conference with her Finnish counterpart Sanna Marin, they were asked by a male journalist if they were meeting because they were “similar in age and got a lot of common stuff there”.<\/p>\n
Referring to former US and New Zealand leaders, Ardern queried “whether or not anyone ever asked Barack Obama and John Key if they met because they were of similar age?”<\/p>\n
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