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Gang Rape Survivor Walks in Fashion Week With This Message for Women
- Anna Mae
- Nov 23, 2016
- 1 min read
''The runways at Fashion Week in Pakistan have always been about more than just the clothes: they are about women’s empowerment in the country.
And this year, the woman bringing that message of empowerment was the courageous Mukhtaran Mai, the survivor of a brutal gang rape 14 years ago who has devoted her life to advocating for women’s rights in Pakistan, according to the Sydney Morning Herald.
Mai, now 44, was gang raped and paraded around in public naked as a form of punishment in 2002 for a crime allegedly committed by her brother, according to the report...''
by Colleen Curry
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