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" It's important to understand that one gender is not superior to the other. "

Najat Vallaud-Belkacem

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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. "

Najat Vallaud-Belkacem

" How can a child adhere to school and the notion of secularism when they see their mother rejected from a school outing, stigmatized, left on the sidelines, just because she has a scarf on her head? "

Najat Vallaud-Belkacem

" 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. "

Najat Vallaud-Belkacem

" 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. "

Najat Vallaud-Belkacem

" 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. "

Najat Vallaud-Belkacem

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

Najat Vallaud-Belkacem

" We know that if religion is allowed into schools, pupils will sometimes begin to question the teaching they receive. "

Najat Vallaud-Belkacem

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

Najat Vallaud-Belkacem

" 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. "

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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" 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? "

Najat Vallaud-Belkacem

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

Najat Vallaud-Belkacem

" 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. "

Najat Vallaud-Belkacem

" The education ministry files suit every time there is a case of identity fraud. "

Najat Vallaud-Belkacem

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

Najat Vallaud-Belkacem

" 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. "

Najat Vallaud-Belkacem

" Compared to some of our neighbours, it's not frowned upon to be a mother and work in France. "

Najat Vallaud-Belkacem

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

Najat Vallaud-Belkacem

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

Najat Vallaud-Belkacem

" I was very shy and reserved, so it was a bit contradictory to get into politics. "

Najat Vallaud-Belkacem

" 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. "

Najat Vallaud-Belkacem

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

Najat Vallaud-Belkacem

" As long as there is no proselytism... we must facilitate the partnership between parents and schools. "

Najat Vallaud-Belkacem

" You should be appeasing people as much as possible, not stigmatising them. The ban of the burkini puts into question people's individual freedoms. "

Najat Vallaud-Belkacem

" 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

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

Najat Vallaud-Belkacem

" Teachers alone can't educate young people. "

Najat Vallaud-Belkacem

" Equality in education is my number one battle. "

Najat Vallaud-Belkacem

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

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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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