A poll in France has named Gisele Pelicot as the country’s person of the year for the courage and dignity she displayed during the rape trial that transfixed the West in the autumn.
The Independent newspaper argued last week that the Frenchwoman deserves to be named the world’s Person of 2024 – not Donald Trump – and Prospect magazine agreed, saying Pelicot has ‘gifted others with hope for change’.
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