Yvette Roudy, Former Socialist Minister of Women's Rights, Died at 97

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Yvette Roudy, Socialist Minister for Women's Rights who in the 1980s promoted a law for French Social Security to assume the cost of a voluntary termination of pregnancy, died at the age of 97, reported on Tuesday the Libération newspaper.Continue reading...

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A leading figure in the feminist struggle passed away on August 18th in Cabestany, Pyrénées-Orientales, at the age of 97. Yvette Roudy was the first woman to hold a "Ministry of Women's Rights," a position she held from 1981 to 1986 under François Mitterrand. However, her work extended far beyond the ministry. She took concrete action for women, securing reimbursement for abortions in 1982, fighting for professional equality, and promoting the f…

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As the first holder of a full-fledged ministry dedicated to women's rights, the socialist worked in particular to reimburse the IVG.

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A historical figure of feminism and former minister, Yvette Roudy marked French political life by her fights for professional equality and the reimbursement of abortion Yvette Roudy, who was

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A major figure of state feminism in France, Yvette Roudy had obtained reimbursement from the IVG and had the 1983 law on professional equality between men and women, which still bears his name today.