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" As long as there is no proselytism... we must facilitate the partnership between parents and schools. "
Najat Vallaud-Belkacem
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Parents
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" It was the students who entered kindergarten in 2011 who are - and I am weighing my words carefully - the sacrificed generation. It is they who have paid a high price for the politics of yesterday - that is to say, the government of Mr. Fillon. "
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" We have several million Muslims in France who are mostly moderates or non-practicing. If they feel that it is the only subject in public debate, they won't feel at home and will be tempted to withdraw to their communities. "
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" Is it written that equality between men and women means one can change sex? Obviously not. "
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" Compared to some of our neighbours, it's not frowned upon to be a mother and work in France. "
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France
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" We know that if religion is allowed into schools, pupils will sometimes begin to question the teaching they receive. "
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" I decided to make a lifetime commitment against social injustices, against inequalities, and that is why I am profoundly from the Left. "
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Am
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" When I look back at where I came from, at the school I attended... my classmates for the most part haven't had successful paths - many have had a difficult, chaotic path. "
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School
" If a big number of young pupils felt secularism was an attack on them, it was because the term had been misused and deformed in the public debate for years by the extreme-right and the right as an attack on Islam. The term had often been misused to point out how Muslims were different to others, and that is clearly problematic. "
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Others
" Equality in education is my number one battle. "
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Education
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" It is not just family that must transmit values, but school also. "
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Also
Family
" Low income persons in need of social housing should be housed in more prosperous areas to avoid placing an extra burden on the poorer areas and to redress the balance in terms of housing, redressing the balance in terms of schooling. "
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Balance
Burden
Housing
" You should be appeasing people as much as possible, not stigmatising them. The ban of the burkini puts into question people's individual freedoms. "
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Much
People
" The education ministry files suit every time there is a case of identity fraud. "
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Education
Fraud
Time
" I feel totally French - I don't feel half-French because of my dual nationality. For me, dual nationality just means I don't deny my roots. "
Najat Vallaud-Belkacem
Feel
Roots
Me
" Teachers alone can't educate young people. "
Najat Vallaud-Belkacem
Young
People
Teachers
" By continuing to increase teacher recruitment and training - and ameliorating wages and working conditions - we will be able to shore up the weaknesses of the French education system. "
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Training
Education
Shore
" We need everyone to be a feminist. Feminism is the fight for the equality of sexes, not for the domination of one sex over another. "
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Sex
Equality
Feminism
" On certain, delicate subjects, bringing in outsiders to talk about values is pertinent because pupils listen to them more attentively. "
Najat Vallaud-Belkacem
Because
Values
Talk
" I molded myself against le Front National. Against hate speech, be it racist, sexist, xenophobic, or homophobic. Against the kind of injustice I faced during my own life. "
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Hate
Life
Speech
" When I started out, it was rare to see elected representatives with foreign roots. Often, I was relegated to my origins, put in the diversity box: 'You're the new face of diversity.' That annoyed me because I always felt French, and suddenly I was being made to feel I wan't as French as others. "
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Me
" Reading changes your perspective and feeds your imagination. "
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" I was very shy and reserved, so it was a bit contradictory to get into politics. "
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Bit
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" Inequality of women concerns both India and France, though it might have different manifestations in both the countries. "
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" School was always a major player in my personal journey. It allowed me to open up to the world, and also social mobility. It allowed me to enrich myself, to read, learn and understand. "
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School
World
Journey
" Our universities also have a lot of foreign students. Are we going to ban them access because in their culture there's a certain type of clothing? "
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Going
Clothing
Students
" I'm like all parents who try to shelter their children. "
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Children
" It's important to understand that one gender is not superior to the other. "
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" There is no link between the terror attacks of Daesh and the dress of a woman on the beach. "
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Link
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Beach
" If you're asking me in a general context whether I'm for or against the burkini, the response is simple: I oppose the burkini. "
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Context
Me
" We have to be careful not to have a form of militant secularism in our country, which is counter-productive for children we would like to see - adhere - to secularism. "
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