French writer and historian, co-founder of The Women’s Forum for the Economy and Society. The forum was created in 2005 by Aude Zieseniss de Thuin. It aims to promote women’s vision on the key social and economic issues of our times. It was ranked among the top five influential forums worldwide by the Financial Times on 24 January 2007. Frain wrote a lot about her travels to name a few: Quai des Indes was about her enquiry of the famous Indian bandit woman Phoolan Devi. La vallée des hommes perdus she wrote in collaboration with artist André Juillard and Pour que refleurisse le monde with Jetsun Pema, sister of the Dalai-lama. She also wrote historical biographies L’Inimitable of Cléopâtre and Gandhi,la liberté en marche. Irène Frain is member of le Comité d’honneur de lADMD (association for the right to die with dignity) Link to Wikipedia (French) Read less