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Mukhtar Mai, 33, left, and her best friend Naseem Akhter, visit the boys school she started, Meerwala, Pakistan, April 29, 2005.
Mai, was gang raped in accordance with a tribal council ruling, as a punishment due to allegations against her younger brother. Mai, went against the Pakistani tradition of committing suicide when she brought charges against the men who raped her nearly three years ago. With money from the ruling she opened two schools, one for girls, the other for boys, which provides education to at least two sons and one nephew from the rapists' family.

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Mukhtar Mai, 33, left, and her best friend Naseem Akhter, visit the boys school she started, Meerwala, Pakistan, April 29, 2005.<br /> Mai, was gang raped in accordance with a tribal council ruling, as a punishment due to allegations against her younger brother. Mai, went against the Pakistani tradition of committing suicide when she brought charges against the men who raped her nearly three years ago. With money from the ruling she opened two schools, one for girls, the other for boys, which provides education to at least two sons and one nephew from the rapists' family.