Gisèle Halimi
Gisèle Halimi | |
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 Halimi in 2009 | |
| Permanent Representative of France to UNESCO | |
| In office 13 April 1985 – 1 September 1986 | |
| President | François Mitterrand |
| Preceded by | Jacqueline Baudrier |
| Succeeded by | Marie-Claude Cabana |
| Member of the National Assembly for Isère's 4th constituency | |
| In office 21 June 1981 – 9 September 1984 | |
| Preceded by | Jacques-Antoine Gau |
| Succeeded by | Maurice Rival |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Zeiza Gisèle Élise Taïeb 27 July 1927 La Goulette, Tunis, Tunisia |
| Died | 28 July 2020 (aged 93) 7th arrondissement of Paris, France |
| Nationality | Tunisian French |
| Spouse(s) | Paul Halimi (divorced) Claude Faux |
| Children | 3 (including Serge Halimi) |
| Alma mater | University of Paris Sciences Po |
| Profession | Lawyer |
Gisèle Halimi (born Zeiza Gisèle Élise Taïeb; 27 July 1927 – 28 July 2020) was a Tunisian-French lawyer, politician, essayist and feminist activist.[1]
Biography
Zeiza Gisèle Élise Taïeb was born in
lycée in Tunis, and then attended the University of Paris, graduating in law and philosophy. Her childhood and the ways in which she blends a Jewish-Muslim identity are discussed in her memoir, Le lait de l'oranger. She was first married to Paul Halimi and then to Claude Faux.[2] She died the day after her 93rd birthday, on 28 July 2020.[3]
Career
In 1948, Halimi qualified as a lawyer and, after eight years at the
Basque individuals accused of crimes committed during the conflict in Basque Country, and was counsel in many cases related to women's issues,[4] such as the 1972 Bobigny abortion trial (of a 17-year-old accused of procuring an abortion after having been raped),[4]
which attracted national attention.
In 1967, she chaired the
Vietnam.[citation needed
]
In 1971, she founded the feminist group Choisir (transl. To Choose)[5] to protect the women who had signed the Manifesto of the 343 admitting to having illegal abortions, of which she was one.[4][6]
In 1972, Choisir formed itself into a clearly reformist body, and the campaign greatly influenced the passing of the law allowing
]In
In 1998, she was a founding member of ATTAC.[8]
Works
| Title | English translation | Time of first publication | First edition publisher/publication | Unique identifier | Notes |
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| Djamila Boupacha | 1962 | Gallimard | ISBN 978-2070205240
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| Le procès de Burgos | The Burgos Trials | 1971 | ISBN 978-2070279487
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| La cause des femmes | The Cause of Women | 1973 | ISBN 2-246-00028-9
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| Avortement, une loi en procès | Abortion, a Law on Trial | 1973 | ISBN 2-246-00028-9
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| The Right to Choose | 1977 | ISBN 0-7022-1433-7
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| Viol, Le procès d'Aix: Choisir la cause des femmes | Rape, the Aix Trial: Choosing the Cause of Women | 1978 | ISBN 978-2070353989
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| Le Programme commun des femmes | The Common Women's Program | 1978 | ISBN 2-246-00572-8
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| le Lait de l'Oranger | Milk for the Orange Tree | 1988 | ISBN 0-7043-2738-4
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| Une embellie perdue | A Lost Beauty | 1995 | ISBN 2-07-073788-8
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| La nouvelle cause des femmes | The New Cause of Women | 1997 | ISBN 2-02-031973-X
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| Fritna | 1999 | ISBN 2-259-19134-7
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| La parité dans la vie politique | Parity in Political Life | 1999 | ISBN 2-11-004376-8
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| Avocate irrespectueuse | Disrespectful Counsel | 2002 | ISBN 2-259-19453-2
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| Le procès de Bobigny: Choisir la cause des femmes | The Bobigny Trial: Choosing the Cause of Women | 2006 | ISBN 2-07-077515-1
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Preface by Simone de Beauvoir | |
| La Kahina | 2006 | ISBN 2-259-20314-0
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| Ne vous résignez jamais | Never Resign Yourself | 2009 | ISBN 978-2-259-20941-0
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| Histoire d'une passion | History of a Passion | 2011 | Plon | ISBN 2-259-21394-4
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Footnotes
- ISBN 978-0-231-10790-7. Retrieved 15 January 2011.
- ^ "Gisèle Halimi - Sa bio et toute son actualité". www.elle.fr (in French). Retrieved 28 July 2020.
- ^ "L'avocate Gisèle Halimi, défenseuse passionnée de la cause des femmes, est morte". Le Monde (in French). 28 July 2020.
- ^ a b c d e f g h "Une vie : Gisèle Halimi". Brut (in French). 28 July 2020. Retrieved 28 July 2020.
- ISBN 978-1-57181-081-6. Retrieved 15 January 2011.
- ^ Le manifeste des 343 Archived 23 April 2001 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "France". UNESCO. 17 October 2007. Archived from the original on 19 October 2003. Retrieved 15 January 2010.
- ^ "ATTAC founding members" (in French). Archived from the original on 12 April 2011. Retrieved 21 May 2012.
References
- An unlikely alliance. The Guardian, 12 August 2003. Accessed 2011-01-15.
Further reading
- General Paul Aussaresses, The Battle of the Casbah: Terrorism and Counter-Terrorism in Algeria, 1955-1957. (New York: Enigma Books, 2010) ISBN 9781929631308.
- Natalie Edwards, The Autobiographies of Julia Kristeva, Gisèle Halimi, Assia Djebar and Hélène Cixous : beyond "I" versus "we". (Chicago: Northwestern University, 2005) ISBN 0542173042.
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