Gisèle Pelicot paid a huge price going public but her bravery has changed the conversation for thousands of rape victims

IN choosing to waive her anonymity, Gisèle Pelicot has paid a huge price.

But the gift she has made to women, especially those who have also been raped and sexually assaulted, is greater still.

It was feminists that pushed for the change in UK law, which came into force in 1976, that gave victims of sex crime the right to anonymity.