Gisèle Pelicot winner of the Liberty Prize for her fight against sexual violence

Gisèle Pelicot, who has become a feminist icon following the Mazan rape trial, received the Liberty Prize “For his fight against the trivialization of rape and sexual violence”The Normandy region announced on Tuesday, May 6.

Awarded by 10,000 young people from 84 countries including France, the Liberty Prize has 25,000 euros and will be awarded on June 3 to Caen, in Calvados, to M^me Pelicot in the presence of thousands of young people and thirty veterans of the Second world War, said in a statement the region, which created this prize in 2019.

The Belgian association War Affected People’s Association (WAPA), which helps children affected by armed conflicts, and Melati Wijsen, a 24 -year -old Indonesian activist fighting plastic and her effects on the environment, are the other two named.

Engaged in “an exemplary fight in favor of freedom”

A target “Educational awareness of freedom, peace and human rights”this Private Prize “Young people aged 15 to 25 in France and worldwide, to designate each year a person or an organization engaged in a recent and exemplary fight in favor of freedom”also said the region.

M^me Pelicot suffered rape for a decade by her ex-husband who sedated her, and at least fifty strangers recruited by him on the Internet. During the trial of Mr. Pelicot in 2024, she became a feminist icon after allowing a public trial by refusing the closed door, so that the “Shame changes camp”according to his words, and no longer weighs on the shoulders of victims of rape.

Designated among “100 most influential people of 2025” by the American magazine Time In mid-April, Gisèle Pelicot is also one of the three finalist candidates for the Vigdis Prize for the Council of Europe, whose winner will be announced on June 23.