A contemporary of De Beauvoir, the Tunisian native was instrumental in the fight to decriminalise abortion in France
When she was only 10, Halimi went on hunger strike to protest against the custom of serving her brothers their meals. She starved herself for eight days, until her parents agreed to treat the children equally. Shein her diary: “I have gained my first bit of freedom.” She would later describe it as her “first feminist victory”.
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