http://www.metafilter.com/tags/honorcode Posts tagged with 'honorcode' at MetaFilter. Sat, 05 Mar 2005 11:57:53 -0800 Sat, 05 Mar 2005 11:57:53 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://www.metafilter.com/40200/A%2Dbrave%2Dwoman The NYT <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2005/03/05/opinion/05kristof.html"> op-ed piece</a> about <a href="http://www.mukhtarmai.com/">Mukhtar Mai</a> caught my eye. Tribal elders in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pakistan">Pakistan </a>had her gang-raped in order to shame her family and thus restore the offended tribe's honor. Instead of staying quite or committing suicide, she went and opened a school in her village. Now her life is in danger again.<a href="http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=story_5-3-2005_pg1_3">This</a><a href="http://news.google.com/news?q=%20Mukhtar&hl=en&lr=&client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&sa=N&tab=wn"> has</a><a href="http://www.mukhtarmai.com/Links.htm"> been covered around the world.</a> And you can <a href="http://www.mukhtarmai.com/Donations.htm">help</a> too. <a href="http://www.metafilter.com/mefi/32954">Follow up from this post.</a> tag:metafilter.com,2005:site.40200 Sat, 05 Mar 2005 11:57:53 -0800 honorcode MukhtarMai Pakistan Rape nostrada