New Zealand Celebrates Women's Suffrage Anniversary

New Zealand has marked the 125th anniversary of a historic move to give women the vote. It was the first country in the world to enact suffrage for women. Jacinda Ardern, New Zealand's third female prime minister said the nation's 19th century fight for economic independence and equal rights was still continuing. The gender pay gap in the South Pacific nation is, on average, 10 percent, although for working mothers it is about 17 percent — a pay difference known as the...

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