• On 8 March 2019, the first Simone Veil Prize was awarded to Aissa Doumara Ngatansou, co-founder of the Association for the Elimination of Violence against...
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  • In late June, France lost Simone Veil, one of the most important figures in the long battle for women’s rights.
  • La carrière européenne et retrait progressif de la vie politique. S'ouvre ensuite un épisode important dans la carrière politique de Simone Veil.
  • Simone Veil: Holocaust survivor and first female President of the European Parliament. ... Veil’s political ascent began through an early career in law.
  • portrait image of Simone Veil, with the words 'Une Femme, Simone Veil'. ... a still image from a TV interview. Simone Veil is being interviewed.
  • Simone Veil, 2008. Wikicommons/Marie-Lan Nguyen. ... The French however were never unhappy with Simone Veil, who has died at the age of 89.
  • In her personal life, Simone Veil married Antoine Veil in 1946, and they had three sons. Antoine Veil was a company manager and auditor.
  • Simone Jacob, whose last name changed to Veil after marrying, was a young Jewish woman from France who was deported to Auschwitz in April 1944.
  • Simone Veil is best known for advancing women's rights in France, notably through the "Loi Veil", the 1975 law that legalized abortion.