<P> After the publication of the Manifeste des 121 against the use of torture and the war, the opponents to the war created the Rassemblement de la gauche démocratique (Assembly of the Democratic Left), which included the French Section of the Workers' International (SFIO) socialist party, the Radical - Socialist Party, Force ouvrière (FO) trade union, Confédération Française des Travailleurs Chrétiens trade - union, UNEF trade - union, etc., which supported de Gaulle against the ultras . </P> <P> Women participated in a variety of roles during the Algerian War . The majority of Muslim women who became active participants did so on the side of the National Liberation Front (FLN). The French included some women, both Muslim and French, in their war effort, but they were not as fully integrated, nor were they charged with the same breadth of tasks as the women on the Algerian side . The total number of women involved in the conflict, as determined by post-war veteran registration, is numbered at 11,000, but it is possible that this number was significantly higher due to underreporting . </P> <P> Urban and rural women's experiences in the revolution were much different . Urban women, who constituted about twenty percent of the overall force, had received some kind of education and usually chose to enter on the side of the FLN of their own accord . Largely illiterate rural women, on the other hand, the remaining eighty percent, due to their geographic location in respect to the operations of FLN often became involved in the conflict as a result of proximity paired with force . </P> <P> Women operated in a number of different areas during the course of the rebellion . "Women participated actively as combatants, spies, fundraisers, as well as nurses, launderers, and cooks", "women assisted the male fighting forces in areas like transportation, communication and administration" the range of involvement by a woman could include both combatant and non-combatant roles . While most women's tasks were non-combatant, their less frequent, violent acts were more noticed . The reality was that "rural women in maquis rural areas support networks" contained the overwhelming majority of those who participated; female combatants were in the minority . </P>

What fundamental conflict did france face during the algerian war