Appointment of Salima Saa: a look back at an unexpected turnaround

Salima Saa is the Secretary of State for Equality in Michel Barnier’s government. Twelve years ago, in 2012, she was against the creation of a ministry in charge of this issue.

Salima Saa’s opinion on the relevance of creating a ministry in charge of equality seems to have changed, or at least evolved. She was appointed Secretary of State for Equality between Women and Men in Michel Barnier’s government, unveiled on Saturday. However, twelve years ago, she had expressed her opposition to the creation of a Ministry for Women’s Rights, recalls Huffpost.