Jacinda Ardern, Former Prime Minister of New Zealand, to Continue Efforts in Combatting Extremism
The current Prime Minister has managed to convince Ms. Ardern to stay in her role in a recent meeting.
Former New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern will continue her role as a special envoy for a multilateral network dedicated to combating online extremism.
Current Prime Minister Chris Luxon made the announcement, following a recent discussion with Ms. Ardern.
The network fosters collaboration between tech companies and governments to reduce online communications that might lead to terrorism.
Despite initially intending to resign from her non-paying role after the election of the right-leaning Coalition government in late 2023, Prime Minister Chris Luxon managed to convince Ms. Ardern to stay in her role in a recent meeting.
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“We caught up in Auckland, the two of us,” he said in comments obtained by AAP.
“I wanted to understand the Christchurch Call on the work that it has undertaken … there’s been some good work done with respect to algorithms with tech companies.
“I asked her to carry on, and she was very happy to do so.”
The prime minister also stated that his government would consider taking the Call “to the next level” in this term.
The couple got engaged in 2019 and were supposed to get married in 2022.
However, the ceremony was cancelled due to Ms. Ardern’s “go hard, go early” approach to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Ms. Ardern, who used to be a global icon for left-leaning politics and women’s leadership, has stayed away from the spotlight after resigning in January 2023.
In the past six months, she has been undertaking three fellowships at Harvard University.
