French - Politician | October 4, 1977 -
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.
Najat Vallaud-Belkacem
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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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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?
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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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Reading changes your perspective and feeds your imagination.
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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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Equality in education is my number one battle.
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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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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 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 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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Compared to some of our neighbours, it's not frowned upon to be a mother and work in France.
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