TESTIMONY
It is a powerful testimony collected Wednesday by Europe 1 the day after the death of Gisèle Halimi, lawyer and activist for the feminist cause, who died at the age of 93 years. That of Anne T tab, one of the two young Belgian women victims of a gang rape, by three men, in Marseille, in 1974. At the time, the facts were qualified as "assault and battery" and "assault". modesty ", but the famous" Aix trial ", thanks to Gisèle Halimi, will allow the facts to be re-qualified, marking an important stage in the awareness of the seriousness of rape and its consequences for the victims. Today Anne T tab, one of the two victims, is 70 years old, and she pays homage to the one "who saved her".
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"I don't know how we managed to survive all this"
"I don't know how we managed to survive all that, luckily we met Gisèle Halimi", expresses Anne T tab. "She was an extremely warm woman with women. It's incredible. She found the right words, that's what I've always admired about her," she continues, evoking the simplicity and clarity of the speech of the lawyer.
Following this affair, Anne T tab explains that more and more young girls and women have dared to file a complaint. "Such a machinery which is set in motion, it is overwhelming", estimates the septuagenarian who recalls that "violence against women, rape, it does not happen only to others".
"You will remain for me, and for all the others, an example"
Anne T tab remembers that "it was considered that the girls and women who were raped had sought him". So when the #MeToo movement was born, it regained hope. Seeing women speak out and denounce, "it made me cry for joy," she says. "I said to myself: 'well, I will live this moment before I die'", she continues, adding that Gisèle Halimi felt the same thing.
Gisèle Halimi, the one thanks to whom "I survive", abounds Anne T tab, before giving in to the emotion. "I would like to say to Gisèle Halimi: 'you will remain for me, and for all the others, an example. I will carry your fights with all the others who want to continue the fight."
Tuesday, Emmanuel Macron greeted a "passionate Republican", Marlène Schiappa, she paid tribute to "a great lady of feminism". All her life, Gisèle Halimi has fought for the criminalization of rape, the emancipation of women, and their right to abortion.