The New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Arden's biography Jacinda Arden: Leading With Empathy came out on Tuesday, May 25. The book is authored by Supriya Vani and Carle A. Harte based on exclusive interviews with the leader.
It explores the influences that shaped Arden and made her a leader with 'different way of doing things'. Her unique leadership style has set an example for leaders all over the world.
Here are 10 things we know about Supriya Vani the co-author of Jacinda Arden: Leading With Empathy
- Supriya Vani is a New York-based peace activist and an author. She is the education and peace ambassador for Caravan for Peace. It is an NGO with more than 50 international Olympians in partnership with Peace and Sport. She actively participates in international peace organisations and forums as a human rights advocate.
- Talking about her book, Supriya Vani said, "My interviews with Jacinda Arden revealed her to be a person who truly embodies empathy and compassion". "She entered politics for the sake of children and I hope this biography inspires young girls to realise their full potential," she added.
- Her first book was Battling Injustice: 16 Women Nobel Peace Laureates. It was based on her interviews with all women Nobel Peace Laureates. Prominent International figures including Malala Yousafzai, the Dalai Lama, Mikhail Gorbachev, Juan Manual Santos and the former Secretary General of United Nations Ban Ki-Moon.
- Vani has been a part of the Permanent secretariat of the world Summit of Nobel Peace Laureates, the Nobel Women's Initiative, and Laureates and Leaders, World Academy of Arts and Science and the United Nations.
- The author-activist is a member of the advisory board of The Hague Justice Portal and The Peace, Justice and Security Foundation in The Hague. Her goal is to inspire people to work for peace.
- As an international journalist, she has interviewed a number of female political figures. Besides Jacinda Arden, she has also interviewed Katrín Jakobsdóttir, the Prime Minister of Iceland; Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, the former President of Liberia and former Prime Minister of Australia, Julia Gillard.
- Her debut book also got featured with the books of the former President of the USA, Jimmy Carter.
- Vani is a recipient of an honorary James Patterson fellowship from Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee.
- In Dec 2020, the United Nations Geneva Office, World Summit of Nobel Peace Laureates and World Academy of Arts and Science chose her as a speaker from India and the USA for Youth Leadership Day.
- Recently, Vani shared a quote from her interview with Jacinda Arden on her Twitter handle and wrote, "An empowering quote from my interview with @jacindaarden". The quote said, "My message to girls and women would be that empathy and compassion and generosity are all important leadership traits, and that they should not be deprioritised against assertiveness and confidence".
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