Linda Weil-Curiel (born 28 September 1943 in Papeete) is a French lawyer. In 2017, she was awardrd the Knight of the Legion of Honor .[1]
Life
editLinda Weil-Curiel began her career as a lawyer at the Paris Bar in 1973.[2] In 1982, she undertook the first major effort, to have female genital mutilation admitted to as criminal offense. In 1988, she managed to have parents tried at the assizes court. In October 1990, she defended Aminata Diop, a Malian refugee.[3]
She supported the Mothers of Algiers, whose children were abducted by their fathers to Algeria.
In 1992, with Anne-Marie Lizin and Annie Sugier, she protested the absence of female athletes in 35 of the delegations taking part in the 1992 Summer Olympic Games.
In 2006, she filed a civil suit in the Sohane Benziane case.[1]
She fights against violence against women withn more than 40 cases on this subject.[4][5] She is a member of the Commission for the Abolition of Sexual Mutilation (CAMS). She is a friend of Annie Sugier and Anne Zelensky, founders of the League of International Women's Law.[6]
Works
edit- Gréou, Hawa; Henry, Natacha; Weil-Curiel, Linda (2007). Exciseuse (in French). Grainville: City éd. ISBN 978-2-35288-047-9.
References
edit- ^ a b "Linda Weil-Curiel, avocate des droits des femmes". La Croix (in French). 2006-12-04. ISSN 0242-6056. Retrieved 2024-09-16.
- ^ "Linda Weil-Curiel". France Culture (in French). 2009-03-09. Retrieved 2024-09-16.
- ^ "Linda Weil-Curiel". www.dictionnaire-creatrices.com. Retrieved 2024-09-16.
- ^ "Afrique - Excision - Linda Weil-Curiel : "C'est abominable !"". Le Point (in French). 2015-02-12. Retrieved 2024-09-16.
- ^ Ryan, Órla (2020-02-01). "'It's child abuse': FGM lawyer who helped prosecute over 100 people in France welcomes first-ever Irish prosecution". TheJournal.ie. Retrieved 2024-09-16.
- ^ Chaperon, Sylvie; Bard, Christine (2017-02-15). Dictionnaire des féministes. France - XVIIIe-XXIe siècle (in French). PUF. ISBN 978-2-13-078722-8.
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