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SHE THE BRAVEST- MUKHTAR MAI
On June 22, 2002, at approximately 2
pm, Mukhtaran Mai was raped by four men after being dragged into the house of a Mastoi tribesman in her native village of Meerwala, in Muzaffargarh district. Mai was gang-raped in June 2002 on the orders of a village council as punishment after her younger brother was accused of having illicit relations with a woman from a rival clan. Thrown outside half-naked after her ordeal, her father and uncle, placed a shawl
around her and took her home. Following her rape, Mukhtar begged her mother to help her commit suicide by purchasing acid for her to ingest, but her mother refused and held fast to that refusal by not leaving her side, night and day. While Mukhtar lay without sleeping or eating in her room, word of what happened to her spread across the region and the police began to feel pressure to act. Mukhtar came to realise that there could be a way for her to move forward: justice. Though the safety of Mai and her family and friends has been in jeopardy since the incident, she remains an outspoken advocate for women's rights in Pakistan and elsewhere. She started the Mukhtar Mai Women's Welfare
Organization to help support and educate women in rural areas throughout Pakistan. In April 2007, Mai won the North–South Prize from the Council of Europe. In 2005, Glamour Magazine named her 'Woman of the Year' According to a 2006 The New York Times report, "Her autobiography is the No. 3 best seller in France, and movies are being made about her. She has been praised by dignitaries like Laura Bush and the French foreign
minister". However, on 8 April 2007, The New York Times reported that Mai lives in fear for her life due to threats from the Pakistani government and local feudal lords. Former President of
Pakistan, Pervez Musharraf has admitted on his personal blog that he placed restrictions on her movement in 2005, as he was fearful that her work and the publicity it received would hurt the international image of Pakistan.
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