May 27,2007 MULTAN -
Pakistan’s internationally known gang-rape victim Mukhtar Mai yesterday said she has resigned as head of a government centre for women in distress.
Mai said that her decision was in protest at a move to replace her with a woman from the ruling party at the crisis centre in her village of Mirwala in Punjab province.
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Apr 11,2007 Lahore -
Gangrape victim Mukhtar Mai, who became a voice against women's abuse in the highly male dominated conservative society in rural Pakistan has earned many enemies, amongst them feudal lords and even government officials, according to noted American columnist Nicholas Kristof.
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Apr 26,2006 Washington -
Mukhtar Mai, who is here to receive a number of awards, was hosted at a
well-attended reception at the Pakistan embassy on Monday evening.
“My slogan is to end oppression through education,” Mai said in brief
remarks on the occasion. She thanked the embassy, particularly Ambassador
Jehangir Karamat, for inviting her. She recited two lines from a poem,
which said that dark clouds never remain there forever and the day will
dawn when women - mothers and sisters - would be accorded their due place
in society.
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Mar 12,2006 Pakistan -
Five thousand women, led in part by rape victim and campaigner
Mukhtar Mai, protested in Pakistan for equal rights.
Jan 22,2006 New York -
An interview with Mukhtar Mai in the United Nations scheduled for Friday night has been cancelled because of pressure from Pakistan's government, according to the New York Times.
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Nov 28,2005 Lahore -
Devoting Life to Oppressed Women and Education
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Oct 25,2005 Pakistan -
Clinton to introduce Mukhtar Mai in US
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Mukhtar Mai, who arrived in Chicago on Saturday night, is set
to travel to New York in the next few days to accept the Woman of the Year
award from Glamour magazine.
Former US president Bill Clinton will introduce her to the star-studded
event at Lincoln Centre on November 2.
Mukhtar Mai told DesPardes, an online website popular with Pakistanis, that
she would donate $5,000 of the $20,000 prize for earthquake relief, while
the rest would be spent to expand the two schools she runs for girls in her
village of Meerwala.
She told ABC News, Ive gained a lot of strength from building the school. I
would not be alive today if I had not gained this strength, and I have more
faith in Pakistan because of this.
Mukhtar Mai, who was chosen as Person of the Week by ABC last Friday, is
scheduled to attend several seminars and meetings in the US at which she is
expected to appeal for help to Pakistan in its hour of need. Several
American and Canadian documentary filmmakers are expected to follow Mai
during her stay here.
She is also likely to visit Washington to urge Congress to stand up for
womens rights in Pakistan and pledge an additional $50 million in
humanitarian aid to her country, but specifically for earthquake-affected
women and children.
Dr Amna Buttar, her hostess and president of ANAA, has said that at every
event held to honour Mukhtar Mai, funds would be raised for Pakistani
earthquake victims.
Mukhtar Mai returns home on November 4.
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Sep 7,2005 SouthAsia (BBC) -
Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf has said his country should not be singled out for its treatment of women.
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June 29,2005 ISLAMABAD (Reuters) -
Pakistan wants to ensure gang-rape victim Mukhtaran Mai finds justice, President Pervez Musharraf said on Wednesday, as he invited women from around the world to come and tell of their abuse and recommend solutions.
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June 26,2005 BBC -
Armed men have attacked and burned a girls' school in Afghanistan
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June 24,2005 ISLAMABAD -
Rice Snubs Musharraf Over Mukhtar Mai Episode
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June 18,2005 WASHINGTON -
Mukhtar Mai to be allowed to travel to US
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June 17,2005 ISLAMABAD -
Pakistan on Wednesday lifted a travel ban on a well-known rape victim, days after her name was placed on a list of people barred from leaving the country.
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June 16,2005 WASHINGTON -
US outraged at Mukhtar Mai's suppression
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June 15,2005 ISLAMABAD -
Karamat scuttled Pakistan gang rape victim's Amnesty visit
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June 13,2005 RAWALPINDI -
Airports put on alert to stop gang-rape victim from travelling
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June 11,2005 BBC -
The victim of a notorious Pakistan gang rape says she is being
prevented from moving freely or leaving the country.
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June 10,2005 New Zealand -
Mai place under house arrest
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May 20, 2005 ADNAN R. KHAN -
Treated like property, Pakistani women fight futilely against 'honour crimes'
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May 16, 2005 ISLAMABAD -
Mukhtar Mai who was allegedly gang-raped three years ago, will have to wait for another four months in her pursuit of justice because there is no chance of an early hearing for her in the Supreme Court.
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Mar 29, 2005 MD MALIK -
The authorities have re-arrested four accused in the Mukhtar Mai rape case on the directives of President General Musharraf and Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz after the victim met the PM for seeking justice in the case.
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Mar 3, 2005 BBC -
Five men sentenced to death in a high-profile gang-rape case in
the Pakistani province of Punjab have been acquitted on appeal.
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Aug 24, 2002 MULTAN -
The Dera Ghazi Khan anti-terrorism court will give
its verdict on the Meerwala gang-rape case on Aug 27 as both
prosecution and defence concluded their arguments.
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June, 2002 PAKISTAN -
In June 2002, 30-year-old Mukhtar Mai was gang-raped on the orders of a council of tribal elders from her village of Meerwala, Pakistan.
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"I hope to make education more readily available to girls, to teach
them that no woman should ever go through what happened to me,
and I eventually hope to open more school branches in this area of
Pakistan. I need your support to kill illiteracy and to help make
tomorrow's women stronger. This is my goal in life."
"Actually, the women of my area are unaware of their rights. Yes, some
women are afraid to empathise with me. They are afraid of men, conservative
social values and the male dominated society. "
"In our school, we teach girls the regular syllabus as well as special
chapters on women's rights, human rights and women empowerment.
--- Mukhtar Mai
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