Gisèle Halimi on November 14, 2003. - JACK GUEZ / AFP

Lawyer and feminist figure Gisèle Halimi died at the age of 93, her family announced on Tuesday. Signatory of the 343 manifesto in 1971, she was one of the great figures of the fight for the right to abortion.

She is at the origin of the feminist movement "Choose the cause of women". Thanks to her work as a lawyer, Gisèle Halimi has also contributed to the recognition by justice of rape as a crime.

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