Name: Mukhtaran Mai

Occupation: Social Worker & Author

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Mukhtaran Mai hit the headlines in February 2002 as the target of a gang rape ordered by a Pakistani tribal council in Meerwala, & has since become an icon in the campaign for women’s justice in Pakistan.

After getting her justice she started working to improve the lives of the next generation of girls in the village out of which two schools were built with her compensation money.

 In April 2007, Mukhtar Mai won the North-South Prize from the Council of Europe. In 2005,Glamour Magazine named her “Glamour Woman of the Year”.According to the New York Times, “Her autobiography is the No. 3 best seller in France. Mukhtaran Mai is also the author of many books.