Friday, November 04, 2005

One Person can Make a Difference

Here is a story from CNN about the woman was brutally raped on orders of the village council as punishment for her brother. Her statements have an extraordinary amount of strength. She said that no matter what, a woman must speak up - must fight back and stay strong.

She was woman of the year, according to Glamour - a magazine she had never heard of.

She sued the government, and took the money to build a school. She is using the money from Glamour to build a women's shelter - in a place where they certainly need one.

2 comments:

Anvilcloud said...

What a great outcome to a terrible ordeal. Her light sines brightly.

Summer said...

Thank you for posting this. I had not read this story yet. It's amazing how much good she has made out of something so bad.