WELLINGTON, New Zealand — New Zealand became the first nation in the world to allow women to vote 125 years ago, and hundreds of people celebrated the anniversary on Wednesday by turning out to gatherings and speeches. New Zealand’s female lawmakers also marked the occasion by re-enacting an all-male photograph of lawmakers taken more than a century ago. This time, the photograph featured New Zealand’s third female Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern in the center, holding her 3-month-old baby Neve. In her edition of the newspaper, Ardern wrote that she felt an “enormous sense of responsibility” to capture women’s voices and highlight the extraordinary within the ordinary. The focus on a diverse group of women throughout the paper was applauded by many readers.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer September 19, 2018 07:30 UTC