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I watched Dateline's piece on Mukhtar Mai last night and I was overwhelmed.  One woman can make a difference. 

Here's the story: she was interceding on her brother's behalf with their village council and they decided that she should pay for his crime so they gang-raped her.  Now it's customary in Pakistan to encourage rape victims to kill themselves to shield their families from such dishonor.

Not only didn't she kill herself but she fought to have the men who raped her prosecuted criminally (they were sentenced to death), sued them civilly for $8,000, and then used the monies to start a school for girls in view of the area where she was raped.  Glamour magazine heard her story and donated $20,000 to her school and the donations are pouring in.  It was so inspiring to see how one woman's tragedy could be turned around and heal so many other women.