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"I dreamed of being a lawyer, because I thought that a lawyer must devote himself to the defense of the innocent"

Gisèle Rabesahala
Gisèle Rabesahala
Marie Gisèle Aimée Rabesahala was a Malagasy politician and activist who was the first woman to hold a ministerial position in the government of Madagascar. She entered politics at the age of 17, campaigning on behalf of political prisoners, and becoming Madagascar's first woman municipal councilor, before becoming the first Malagasy woman to establish and lead a political party. She was a committ
"I dreamed of being a lawyer, because I thought that a lawyer must devote himself to the defense of the innocent"
"I promoted the idea that the development of society would be sufficient to transform the situation of women (…) I came to realize that this was a serious error, and that the starting point for women’s development was their education"
"If we don’t know where we come from, we don’t know where we are going."