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Mother of a Nation - New York Times
Topic: Miscellaneous 1:05 pm EDT, Apr  2, 2006

Mukhtar, who also goes by the name Mukhtaran Bibi, is the young peasant woman — she doesn't know exactly how old she is — who three years ago was gang-raped on order of a local tribal council. Instead of killing herself, as was expected of any self-respecting woman, she prosecuted her attackers, used compensation money to start schools, and started a nationwide revolution to empower women.

Mother of a Nation - New York Times



 
 
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