Gisèle Halimi (born 1927) is a Tunisian lawyer, activist, and author. Born in La Goulotte, she was educated at a French lycée in Tunis and then attended the University of Paris, graduating in law and philosophy. In 1948 she qualified as a lawyer and has practised at the Paris bar since 1956. She acted as a counsel for the Algerian National Liberation Front, most notably for the tortured activist Djamila Boupacha in 1960, and wrote a book in 1961 (with an introduction by Simone de Beauvoir) to plead her case. She has also defended Basque terrorists, and has been counsel in many cases related to women's issues, such as the Bobigny abortion trial of 1972 which attracted national publicity. The Tunisian Republic (الجمهرية التونسية), or Tunisia, is a Muslim Arab country situated on the North African Mediterranean coast. ... For information on the type of fish called Lawyer, see the article on Burbot. ... Activism, in a general sense, can be described as involvement in action to bring about change, be it social, political, environmental, or other change. ... The word author has several meanings: The author of a book, story, article or the like, is the person who has written it (or is writing it). ... In France, secondary education is divided into two schools: the collège ( IPA: ) (somewhat comparable to U.S. junior high school) for the first four years directly following primary school; the lycée ( IPA: ) (comparable to a U.S. high school) for the next three years. ... Tunis is the capital of Tunisia. ... The Sorbonne, Paris, in a 17th century engraving The Sorbonne today, from the same point of view The historic University of Paris (French: Université de Paris) first appeared in the second half of the 12th century, but was in 1970 reorganized as 13 autonomous universities (University of Paris I–XIII). ... The National Liberation Front (French: Front de libération nationale, Arabic: Jabhah al-Taḩrīr al-Waţanī) is a socialist political party in Algeria. ... Simone de Beauvoir Simone de Beauvoir (January 9, 1908 - April 14, 1986) was a French author, philosopher, and feminist. ... This article is about the Basque people. ...

In 1971 she founded the feminist group 'Choisir', to protect the women who had signed the Manifesto of the 343 admitting to having illegal abortions. In 1972 'Choisir' formed itself into a clearly reformist body, and the campaign greatly influenced the passing of the law allowing contraception and abortion carried through by Simone Veil in 1974. Halimi is the author of La Cause des femmes (The Women's Cause, 1973) and instigator and contributor to the collective work Le Programme commun des femmes (The Women's Common Cause, 1978). This outlined women's chief needs: legal, medical, educational and professional, and suggested solutions which should be decided by women voters. Abortion, in its most common usage, refers to the voluntary or induced termination of a pregnancy, generally through the use of surgical procedures or drugs. ... Birth control is the practice of preventing or reducing the probability of pregnancy without abstaining from sexual intercourse; the term is also sometimes used to include abortion, the ending of an unwanted pregnancy, or abstinence. ... Simone Veil should not be confused with Simone Weil, a French philosopher. ...

In 1981 she was elected to the French National Assembly, as an Independent Socialist, and was Deputy for Isère until 1984. Since 1985 she has been French legate to UNESCO. She has been twice married, to Paul Halimi and to Charles Faux, and has three sons. This article concerns the modern National Assembly. ... Isère is a département in the east of France named after the Isère River. ... UNESCO logo The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, commonly known as UNESCO, is a specialized agency of the United Nations system established in 1946. ...