From Australia to Belgium, the French woman at the centre of a mass rape trial has galvanised conversations about sexual violence
, commended for her courage at rallies across the country and applauded by supporters each time she enters or leaves theBut the tributes to Gisèle Pelicot – the woman at the centre of a horrifying mass rape trial that has shaken France to its core – also come from far beyond the country’s borders. Since, solidarity has been expressed around the world, hinting at the role she has played in galvanising a global conversation around sexual violence.
Similar expressions of global solidarity have arrived in Avignon, from the bouquets of flowers that have been sent to the courtroom to the dozens of letters that have poured into the local post office. Bearing postmarks from around the world,, range from an Austrian man who told her that the time had come to end male domination, to an American woman who thanked her for going public with her story, adding: “You’re my hero”.
At Ca la Dona, a feminist centre that has operated in Barcelona since the 1980s, the torrent of headlines emerging from the trial sent members springing into action.
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