Interviewed and featured by Susan Yankowitz.

Mukhtar Mai was gang-raped by four men and forced to walk home almost naked in retribution for an alleged “honour crime”.  Ms. Mai and her harrowing story grabbed headlines across the world; instead of taking the traditional women’s route of committing suicide, she brought her rapists to justice, built schools to improve the condition of women, and became an advocate for education in her country.

Learn more about Mukhtar Mai here.