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on June 7, 2016 in World News

Justin Trudeau’s feminism ‘lights the fire’ globally: UN official

Laura Payton, Ottawa News Bureau Online Producer @laura_payton The head of the UN agency devoted to gender equality is praising Canada’s change in approach to women and girls under the Liberal government. Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, the executive director of UN Women, says the UN is “celebrating the shift in alignment” of Canada’s agenda to match that of the rest of the world, and says Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is saying things “you don’t normally hear from leaders and from heads of state.” When Trudeau “says I’m a feminist, that lights the fire,” Mlambo-Ngcuka said in an interview with CTV News....

Laura Payton, Ottawa News Bureau Online Producer @laura_payton The head of the UN agency devoted to gender equality is praising Canada’s change in approach to women and girls under the Liberal government. Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, the executive director of UN...

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