T he United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has named 26 new sites to the World Heritage ...

Gisele Pelicot, who embodies the fight against sexual violence against women, is one of those being honoured on 14 July, ...

The impulse with Avignon’s Cour d’Honneur is to go big. Since the Festival’s inception in 1947, artists have attempted to ...

Choreographers Selma and Sofiane Ouissi appear only on screen in Laaroussa Quartet, now in performance at the Festival ...

In this episode, Kings and Generals explores the Avignon Papacy - a time when French monarchs effectively “kidnapped” the Pope and moved the center of Catholic power from Rome to France. What began as ...

Gisèle Pelicot, a French woman who gained global recognition for her bravery during a high-profile rape trial last year, has been given France’s highest civilian honour. Pelicot chose to waiver her ...

Gisele Pelicot, who became a feminist icon by publicly testifying over the mass rapes she endured, and rapper-turned-fashion ...

Gisele Pelicot, a symbol of women's rights in France for her courageous testimony about enduring a decade of sexual abuse, ...

Pelicot's landmark case led to reforms in France's rape laws after she bravely testified about enduring a decade of sexual ...

French woman Gisèle Pelicot, whose rape trial focused the world's attention on the abuse of women, has been awarded the ...