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KATIE COURIC: I know that you're really
focusing on issues involving girls and women.
SOPHIE GREGOIRE TRUDEAU: Yes.
KATIE COURIC: And gender equality.
SOPHIE GREGOIRE TRUDEAU: Yes.
KATIE COURIC: What do you think are
some of the biggest challenges facing girls and women today?
SOPHIE GREGOIRE TRUDEAU: Well, the facts speak for themselves.
You know, women and girls, I mean,
we are half the world's population.
And we still face social injustice, violence,
being denied our most basic rights because we are women.
For me, that is completely unacceptable.
And it has been proven that for a society to be prosperous
and to be healthy economically and socially,
men and women must be treated as equals.
And women not only have to contribute,
but they have to have the opportunity
to succeed, and to participate fully
to make a more just and equal society in the world for all.
So yes, it's one of the great barriers
that we're facing as a humanity on planet Earth right now.