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Mukhtar Mai

Mukhtar Mai, 33, is teased by a family member wearing a burqa, which Mai now refuses to wear, Meerwala, Pakistan, April 28, 2005.
Mai, is visiting with an aunt she hadn't seen for four years. She went against the Pakistani tradition of committing suicide when she brought charges against the men who gang raped her nearly three years ago.

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Mukhtar Mai, 33, is teased by a family member wearing a burqa, which Mai now refuses to wear, Meerwala, Pakistan, April 28, 2005.<br />
Mai, is visiting with an aunt she hadn't seen for four years. She went against the Pakistani tradition of committing suicide when she brought charges against the men who gang raped her nearly three years ago.

Stephanie Sinclair

Mukhtar Mai