Solange Fernex passed away but her fight continues
published: 15/09/06, 10:15
On September 11, 2006 around 15 p.m., Solange Fernex, the rebellious, died very slowly (as if asleep). Five days earlier, on the phone, she had said that she was going to watch over our work, from where she was going to be ...
Its commitment to respect for life and human rights.
Born in 1934 in Strasbourg, Solange Fernex from her childhood took the path of Peace and Freedom.
As a war orphan, woman, mother, citizen, elected to the municipal council of her village for several years, MEP from 1989 to 1995, active activist in various associations.
It resists the diktat of the lobbies and it resolutely proposes alternatives to preserve resources in favor of future generations and build a fairer, more united world and respectful of planet Earth.
Pragmatic, she seeks union, encourages people: men and especially women who work with respect for life.
At the rate of its multiple fights and in particular that against nuclear power, whether civil or military, it sows life, gives the desire to become "other" and through the gift of self, it instills Vigilance, Life and Hope to pass them on to future generations.
In 1973, she was a substitute for the first Frenchman (Henri JENN) who proposed to voters to vote ecologist in the first round in legislative elections in a constituency of Mulhouse.
It was she who led the Europe-Ecology list in the first European elections in 1979, totaling nearly 900 votes.
In 1983, she participated in the Fast for Life, fasting 40 days in Paris for nuclear disarmament.
In 1984 she participated in the founding of the Greens.
In 2001, she received an award for her commitment to nuclear weapons, the Nuclear-Free Future Award (Lifetime Achievement). She was a director of the Sortir du Nuclear Network in 2001 and 2002.
President of the French section of the International League of Women for Peace and Freedom until her illness, she was a member of the sponsorship committee of the French Coordination for the Decade of the Culture of Peace and Non-violence.
With her husband Michel, doctor, and some friends, on April 27, 2001 she created the Association "Children of Chernobyl Belarus" (*) which provides support to independent scientists, helps sick children in contaminated regions of Belarus following the Chernobyl nuclear disaster and disseminates all information on its consequences.
(*) http://enfantsdetchernobylbelarus.doubleclic.asso.fr
To read: “Solange Fernex, the rebellious” - Ecology, Feminism and non-violence.
212-page book: 16 euros, postage included.
The copyright of this work is entirely transferred to the association “Children of Chernobyl Belarus”.
To be ordered from: “Sortir du nuclear” network 9, rue Dumenge 69317 Lyon Cedex 04
(check payable to “Sortir du nuclear”).
Its commitment to respect for life and human rights.
Born in 1934 in Strasbourg, Solange Fernex from her childhood took the path of Peace and Freedom.
As a war orphan, woman, mother, citizen, elected to the municipal council of her village for several years, MEP from 1989 to 1995, active activist in various associations.
It resists the diktat of the lobbies and it resolutely proposes alternatives to preserve resources in favor of future generations and build a fairer, more united world and respectful of planet Earth.
Pragmatic, she seeks union, encourages people: men and especially women who work with respect for life.
At the rate of its multiple fights and in particular that against nuclear power, whether civil or military, it sows life, gives the desire to become "other" and through the gift of self, it instills Vigilance, Life and Hope to pass them on to future generations.
In 1973, she was a substitute for the first Frenchman (Henri JENN) who proposed to voters to vote ecologist in the first round in legislative elections in a constituency of Mulhouse.
It was she who led the Europe-Ecology list in the first European elections in 1979, totaling nearly 900 votes.
In 1983, she participated in the Fast for Life, fasting 40 days in Paris for nuclear disarmament.
In 1984 she participated in the founding of the Greens.
In 2001, she received an award for her commitment to nuclear weapons, the Nuclear-Free Future Award (Lifetime Achievement). She was a director of the Sortir du Nuclear Network in 2001 and 2002.
President of the French section of the International League of Women for Peace and Freedom until her illness, she was a member of the sponsorship committee of the French Coordination for the Decade of the Culture of Peace and Non-violence.
With her husband Michel, doctor, and some friends, on April 27, 2001 she created the Association "Children of Chernobyl Belarus" (*) which provides support to independent scientists, helps sick children in contaminated regions of Belarus following the Chernobyl nuclear disaster and disseminates all information on its consequences.
(*) http://enfantsdetchernobylbelarus.doubleclic.asso.fr
To read: “Solange Fernex, the rebellious” - Ecology, Feminism and non-violence.
212-page book: 16 euros, postage included.
The copyright of this work is entirely transferred to the association “Children of Chernobyl Belarus”.
To be ordered from: “Sortir du nuclear” network 9, rue Dumenge 69317 Lyon Cedex 04
(check payable to “Sortir du nuclear”).