Yvette Roudy (born 10 April 1929) is a French politician. She served as a member of the

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from 1986 to 1993, and from 1997 to 2002, representing

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. She was the Minister of Women's Rights from 1981 to 1986. She sponsored a law for

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in 1983.

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