(CNN) New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has told CNN she hoped the decision to bring her 3-month-old baby to the United Nations General Assembly would "create a path for other women."

Ardern's daughter Neve was in the audience as her mother addressed the assembly while her father, Clarke Gayford, held the baby.

"I want to normalize it," she told CNN's Christiane Amanpour, of Neve's presence at a work event.

"If we want to make workplaces more open, we need to acknowledge logistical challenges... by being more open it might create a path for other women.

Clarke Gayford (C) claps while holding his daughter Neve Te Aroha Ardern Gayford.

Ardern is just the second world leader to have a child while in office after former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto.

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