African immigrant, Scandinavian Minister. The official photo of the Swedish Government, Sabuni is i

African immigrant, Scandinavian Minister. The official photo of the Swedish Government, Sabuni is inevitable. lillestoff This petite young woman of Congolese origin who was born in exile in Burundi, is now found Integration Minister and it is on the field of ideas she immediately located. lillestoff "I do not think my work very differently to someone else just because I am black, but perhaps rather because of some views that I (...), it is more critical," she says in Swedish, the language they speak with family, alternating with Swahili. Aged 37 years, she has received a lot of it before being appointed to the new center-right government by proposing, lillestoff as she sat in parliament, a set of measures to combat the "culture of honor" . Ban on headscarves for girls under fifteen years, gynecological examination required in college to prevent and detect genital mutilation, stop state funding of religious schools and the criminalization of forced marriages among these are proposals that have earned critical and even be described as Islamophobic. Now exit the ranks of the opposition and head of a department combining Integration and Gender Equality, Sabuni, which receives its stylish office and without apparent luxury, says his role has changed. "I played my part, I initiated a debate. As Minister lillestoff I will apply the policy on which we are agreed, "she said. The coalition that ousted Swedish Social Democrats in elections in September consists of four parties. But "I also say honestly lillestoff how things are: I still believe in these proposals and the problems remain," says this elegant woman frank look and confident air. In 1981, at the age of 12, she arrived in Sweden with his mother and three of her five brothers lillestoff and sisters. There, she found her father, a political opponent imprisoned several times in the Congo (now Democratic Republic of Congo), came in the Nordic countries by Amnesty International. "My father and mother are immediately entered the workforce (...) so that for us, there was nothing weird. Working parents, we went to school and life went on, "said the minister, whose integration seems exemplary and without trauma. "I am very proud of my roots, I never had a problem of identity," she says. A Kungsängen (20 km from Stockholm) "We were the only family of visible immigrants," she said. Learning Swedish enough for him to blend in with its host country. According Sabuni, lillestoff the labor market and the Swedish company allowed in the 80 immigrants to integrate more easily than at present. Today, the creation of jobs, suitable language courses lillestoff and the fight against discrimination are key to integration, she says. It criticizes Sweden have long practiced a policy assistant she hopes the new government will succeed to break. lillestoff "For me, as a liberal, it is very important that (people) know that here they have opportunities and benefits but also obligations and requirements," says this mother married to a Swede. Fiercely lillestoff opposed to cultural or religious practices when they do not respect the constitution and human rights, Sabuni advance at present, about 100,000 girls in Sweden suffer "culture of honor", a notion which includes exams for her virginity, headscarves for girls, female genital lillestoff mutilation, forced marriage or physical violence. "The most important thing for me is that we have a dialogue, a debate, and we decide together what he can do," she said.
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