An Australian advocacy group for older women's rights says they sent Gisele Pelicot the silk scarf as a marker of solidarity as she attends the trial of 51 men accused of raping her.
French woman Gisele Pelicot has worn a scarf bearing Aboriginal artwork given to her by Australian supporters as she attends the trial of 51 men accused of drugging and raping her over a decade.
Yumi Lee, the chief executive of the Older Women's Network NSW, collected donations to purchase the scarf through a social media call-out on the network's Facebook page."Because we can't be there to be in court, to, you know, to stand there with our placards, so we wanted to send her a gift that she could wear to know that women across the world are thinking of her and cheering her on.
The case of Dominique Pelicot, Ms Pelicot's former husband, became known worldwide after the trial began with allegations that he had repeatedly drugged her and organised dozens of men to come to their home in Mazan to rape her while she lay unconscious.In often harrowing testimonies, Ms Pelicot has said she wants to remove the stigma of sexual assault for victims and instead make the shame "change sides" to perpetrators.
"It was very clear to us that a lot of older women carry trauma, and that includes sexual assault when they were children to teens, young women, et cetera," Ms Lee said.
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