Gisèle Halimi
Gisèle Halimi (born Zeiza Gisèle Élise Taïeb; 27 July 1927 – 28 July 2020) was a Tunisian-French lawyer, feminist, and essayist.[1] She was born in Tunis.
In 1971 she founded the feminist group Choisir ("To Choose"),[2] to protect the women who had signed the Manifesto of the 343 admitting to having illegal abortions.[3]
In 1981 she was elected to the French National Assembly and was Deputy for Isère until 1984. Between 1985 and 1987 she was a French legate to UNESCO.[4]
Halimi died at the age of 93 on 28 July 2020 in Paris.[5]
References
[change | change source]- ↑ Lawrence D. Kritzman; Brian J. Reilly; Malcolm DeBevoise (September 2007). The Columbia History of Twentieth-Century French Thought. Columbia University Press. p. 42. ISBN 978-0-231-10790-7. Retrieved 15 January 2011.
- ↑ Raylene L. Ramsay (2003). French women in politics: writing power, paternal legitimization, and maternal legacies. Berghahn Books. pp. 135–139. ISBN 978-1-57181-081-6. Retrieved 15 January 2011.
- ↑ Le manifeste des 343 Archived April 23, 2001, at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ "France". UNESCO. 17 October 2007. Archived from the original on 19 October 2003. Retrieved 15 January 2010.
- ↑ "L'avocate Gisèle Halimi, défenseuse passionnée de la cause des femmes, est morte". Le Monde.fr (in French). 28 July 2020.
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