Gisèle Pelicot's Australian supporters are moved that their French heroine wore an Aboriginal scarf
Associated PressMELBOURNE, Australia — A group of Gisèle Pelicot’s Australian admirers said Friday they’re moved that the victim in France’s notorious drugging-and-rape case has acknowledged her distant supporters Down Under by wearing a scarf adorned with Aboriginal art. The disgrace is always the perpetrator’s.” AP AUDIO: Gisèle Pelicot’s Australian supporters are moved that their French heroine wore an Aboriginal scarf AP correspondent Charles de Ledesma reports an organization in Australia has given French rape victim Gisèle Pelicot a lovely scarf designed by a First Nations older woman and depicting the story of healing. The scarf that Pelicot donned was a 220 Australian dollar gift from a Sydney-based rights advocacy group, the Older Women’s Network, its chief executive Yumi Lee said. “We picked this design because, number one, it’s beautiful, it’s got lovely colors, it’s drawn by a First Nations, older woman and it’s a story about healing,” Lee said. It’s completely unprecedented to have so much interest in one scarf.” Lee said if Avignon had not been so far away, “we would be there shouting.” —— This story has been corrected to give Gisèle Pelicot’s age as 72.
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