BBC Apologies For Sexist Headline On Jacinda Ardern's Resignation - NDTV

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The BBC conceded Friday it was incorrect for penning astir Jacinda Ardern's daze resignation arsenic premier curate of New Zealand with the headline: "Can women person it all?"

The since-deleted header was posted Thursday connected Twitter with a nexus to an nonfiction by BBC World, the UK broadcaster's planetary newsroom.

Angry commentators contrasted it with BBC header writers' ungendered sum of antheral politicians including Boris Johnson, the thrice-married begetter of 7 who discontinue arsenic UK premier curate past year.

One labelled it "staggering sexism" portion others accused the BBC of "misogyny".

The header was aboriginal changed to say: "Departure reveals unsocial pressures connected PM." The communicative mentioned Ardern's beingness arsenic a moving parent of a tiny child.

"We rapidly recognised the archetypal header wasn't suitable for the communicative and changed it accordingly. We besides deleted the associated tweet," a BBC spokesperson told AFP.

The 42-year-old Ardern -- who steered New Zealand done earthy disasters, the Covid pandemic, and its worst-ever panic onslaught -- said she nary longer had "enough successful the tank".

While Ardern has not shied distant from discussing the strains of office, she has been speedy to sprout down sexist lines of questioning.

In November, astatine a associated quality league with her Finnish counterpart Sanna Marin, they were asked by a antheral writer if they were gathering due to the fact that they were "similar successful property and got a batch of communal worldly there".

Referring to erstwhile US and New Zealand leaders, Ardern queried "whether oregon not anyone ever asked Barack Obama and John Key if they met due to the fact that they were of akin age?"

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