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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. "

Najat Vallaud-Belkacem

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" Some Muslim students experience secularism as an act of aggression. "

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" Equality in education is my number one battle. "

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" We have to reappropriate the concept of laicite (secularism) so we can explain to our young pupils that whatever their faith, they belong to this idea, and they're not excluded. Secularism is not something against them; it protects them. "

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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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" 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. "

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" I'm like all parents who try to shelter their children. "

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" It is not just family that must transmit values, but school also. "

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" 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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" Is it written that equality between men and women means one can change sex? Obviously not. "

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" Do we have to give Mr Sarkozy a history lesson? Yes, there are Gauls among our ancestors. But there are also Romans, Normans, Celts, Nicois, Corsicans, Arabs, Italians, Spanish. That's France. "

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" 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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" The proliferation of bans fuels stereotypes and discriminates against a community. "

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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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" It's more necessary than ever before to ensure that discernment and the development of a critical mind guide our take on the world and inform our relationship to the media and information. "

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" Teachers alone can't educate young people. "

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" 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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" People can't even imagine that it's possible to succeed anymore. "

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" The fact of leaving one's country, one's family, one's roots, can be painful. My father had already found his place, but for us, for my mother, it was very difficult to get our bearings. "

Najat Vallaud-Belkacem

" 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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" There is no link between the terror attacks of Daesh and the dress of a woman on the beach. "

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" 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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" 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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" School is at once a place of hope, but it's also a laboratory that exposes our differences. "

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" I have a chart for success at school because it gave me a great deal of pleasure. It opened my mind to the world. I learned to read. "

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" I'm aware that beyond my own need to find a personal balance, I should be sending a signal to society as women's minister about the importance of work-life balance. "

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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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" Preventing children from going to school, and preventing teachers from doing their jobs, seems to be not just undemocratic but intolerable. "

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" My dream of society is a society where women are free and proud of their bodies. "

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" On certain, delicate subjects, bringing in outsiders to talk about values is pertinent because pupils listen to them more attentively. "

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" In Europe, we will work towards having a common stance, while in France, we will strengthen our protection for asylum seekers whose lives are in danger because of their sexual orientation. "

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