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Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has won a prestigious award from Harvard University in the United States.
The award comes with US $ 150,000 (NZ $ 210,000) in prizes, which Ardern has said would like to go on a scholarship for a New Zealand student to attend Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government.
The Gleitsman International Activist Award from the Harvard Kennedy School Center for Public Leadership will be formally presented to Ardern in a virtual ceremony on December 1.
The award is given each year to “a person or team whose leadership in social action has improved the quality of life in the United States and around the world.”
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Past winners include Malala Yousafzai, Tarana Burke, Nelson Mandela, Gloria Steinem, and John Lewis.
Public leadership teacher at Kennedy School, Wendy Sherman, said Ardern “exemplifies principled, effective, and fair leadership – exactly the kind of leadership that our students aspire to maintain.
“She has wielded a firm and swift hand, an open mind, and a vivid reflection of her entire community as she faced the challenges of terror, earthquakes and now Covid-19,” Sherman said.
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Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has won a prestigious international award.
“The prime minister reminds us all that strength, compassion, science, clear communications, humility and activism go hand in hand to create positive results.”
A Harvard statement praised Ardern’s 2050 goal of carbon neutrality and its “compassionate resolve” after the March 15 attack.
Harvard also praised the government’s response to Covid-19, noting that New Zealand recorded “low rates of disease transmission and death through clear, science-based mandates and responsive supports for citizens and the medical community.” .
