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Gisele Pelicot, the woman who gained global support after publicly denouncing her husband's 10-year campaign to drug and rape her alongside dozens of men, has worn a scarf bearing Aboriginal artwork sent to her by Australian supporters into court.

Donated by an advocacy group for the rights of older women, 71-year-old Ms Pelicot wore the scarf on Wednesday, local time, as the trial of 51 men accused of sexually assaulting her in the southern French city of Avignon hit the halfway mark.

Yumi Lee, the chief executive of the Older Women's Network NSW, collected donations to purchase the scarf through a social media call-out on the network's Facebook page.

She sent it "on behalf of all the women who want to express their solidarity", Ms Lee told the ABC.

"Because we can't be there to be in court, to, you know, to stand there with our placards, so we wanted to send her a gift that she could wear to know that women across the world are thinking of her and cheering her on."

The silk scarf is printed with a design by Martu woman Mulyatingki Marney from the Punmu community in Western Australia.

It depicts a cluster of saltwater pools at Wilarra, near Ms Marney's home, known for their healing properties, with a family of dingoes watched over by the Moon.

The case of Dominique Pelicot, Ms Pelicot's former husband, became known worldwide after the trial began with allegations that he had repeatedly drugged her and organised dozens of men to come to their home in Mazan to rape her while she lay unconscious.

In often harrowing testimonies, Ms Pelicot has said she wants to remove the stigma of sexual assault for victims and instead make the shame "change sides" to perpetrators.

Ms Lee said she had been following the case along with many other women in the network, which works to support older women's rights and dignity, and wanted to do something to lend Ms Pelicot strength.

Ms Lee included a letter to Ms Pelicot with the scarf telling of the love and solidarity of Australian women and others worldwide, which told her to "imagine yourself wrapped in the love of older women from Down Under" when wearing it.

The organisation runs a project to develop training resources for frontline workers to better respond and engage with older women who disclose that they have been sexually assaulted, as well as body mapping workshops across Australia.

"It was very clear to us that a lot of older women carry trauma, and that includes sexual assault when they were children to teens, young women, et cetera," Ms Lee said.

"Older women truly understand the trauma of what she's going through," she continued, saying Ms Pelicot's pain was on a "unprecedented scale".

She had posted the scarf via courier to Ms Pelicot's lawyer, Stéphane Babonneau, at his office in Paris.

"We had no address … so we googled. This is the wonder of Google," she said.

"He gave the scarf to her and told us that she was really interested in the link to the First Nations culture and that she would wear it in court this week."

Ms Pelicot has received worldwide support for choosing to waive her anonymity as a victim, meaning her husband and the 50 co-defendants of the rape case are subject to a public trial.

Mr Pelicot has pleaded guilty alongside several other of the accused men, telling the court in September "I am a rapist" and asking for forgiveness.

A verdict in the case is expected in December.

ABC/AFP