| Mukhtar Mai is a shy Pakistani woman with
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| | shame, Ms. Mukhtar, with the support of
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| such extraordinary courage that she was
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| | her father and family, her Imam, and some
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| named Glamour's Woman of the Year, one of
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| | journalists, decided to press charges. In
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| Asia's Heros by Time, and last week was
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| | a society where the vast majority of
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| honored by the United Nations. Most
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| | rapes go unpunished, Mai took the unusual
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| importantly, her unprecedented action
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| | course of fighting her case all the way
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| after being raped by a gang of men in her
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| | to the nation's highest court and, in a
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| village to settle a score against her
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| | decision that rocked Pakistan, the
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| brother, has led to the transformation of
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| | perpetrators were found guilty.After
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| the culture of justice and education for
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| | receiving an award from the Pakistani
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| her entire village.In 2002, a tribal
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| | Government of 500,000 rupees, Ms.
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| council in rural Meerwala ordered the
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| | Mukhtar, instead of fleeing, returned to
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| rape of Mai as a solution to "restoring
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| | the village in which she had experienced
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| the family's honor" after her brother was
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| | such pain to establish a school that now
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| accused of being with a girl from a rival
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| | educates 300 girls and 200 boys, along
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| tribe. Instead of being cowed by
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| | with a crisis center that advises women
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| traditional strictures under which she
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| | and girls threatened by childhood
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| was expected to commit suicide out of
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| | marriage and other practices.
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