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Gisèle Halimi
French-Tunisian lawyer, feminist and politician (1927-2020) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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.
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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]