By Fatima Raza One artist’s work at a mosaic exhibition in Toronto is honouring a French sexual abuse survivor who galvanized a global movement to better protect women. Valerie Brownell remembers closely following Gisèle Pelicot during the trial in her case. Titled Gisèle and the Unity of Women, Brownell’s piece is on display at the National Mosaic Art Exhibition in the city’s west end. Pelicot, 72, was drugged and raped by her husband, who was found guilty last year of inviting dozens of strangers to also abuse her over nearly a decade. She is lauded globally for her courage in testifying against her abusers, and paving the way for consent to be included in France’s legal definition of rape. “Many women showed their support for her by coming to the…
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