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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. "
Najat Vallaud-Belkacem
School
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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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" On certain, delicate subjects, bringing in outsiders to talk about values is pertinent because pupils listen to them more attentively. "
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" 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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" My dream of society is a society where women are free and proud of their bodies. "
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" The education ministry files suit every time there is a case of identity fraud. "
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" It is not just family that must transmit values, but school also. "
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" Some Muslim students experience secularism as an act of aggression. "
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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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" 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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" Is it written that equality between men and women means one can change sex? Obviously not. "
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" 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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" 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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" Equality in education is my number one battle. "
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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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" People can't even imagine that it's possible to succeed anymore. "
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" Teachers alone can't educate young people. "
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" The proliferation of bans fuels stereotypes and discriminates against a community. "
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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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" Reading changes your perspective and feeds your imagination. "
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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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" There is no link between the terror attacks of Daesh and the dress of a woman on the beach. "
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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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" 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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" Compared to some of our neighbours, it's not frowned upon to be a mother and work in France. "
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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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" Inequality of women concerns both India and France, though it might have different manifestations in both the countries. "
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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? "
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" As long as there is no proselytism... we must facilitate the partnership between parents and schools. "
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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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