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]