강간피해자가 금년의인물로...
Mukhtaran Mai Bibi, pictured after a court hearing in Multan, Pakistan in March. Photograph: Khalid Tanveer/AP
Pakistani rape victim is Glamour's woman of year
Declan Walsh in Islamabad
Wednesday November 2, 2005
The Guardian
파키스탄의 강간 희생자 묵타란 비비가 미국 잡지 "그래머"로부터금년의여인으로
선정되었다고. 전 미국무장관 올브라이트,팝 스타 브리트니 스피어 등이수상자들
이었었고 ABC News에 의해 이 주일의 여인으로 선정되었고 뉴욕 데일리 뉴스는
지난 달에 타계한 인권운동가 로사 파커의 응답이라고 표현했으며 한 편 금년의 여인
시상은 전 미국 대통령 빌 클린턴이 수여할 것이라고...
The 31-year-old Punjabi villager will also receive $20,000 (￡11,350) at a ceremony in New York's Lincoln Centre alongside 11 other nominees including Catherine Zeta-Jones.
"This is a story that I think is going to shock everyone who hears it," said Cindi Leive, editor-in-chief of Glamour.
Mukhtaran, also known as Mukhtar Mai, shot to prominence three years ago for her court testimony against neighbours who gang-raped her on the orders of a council of elders. The rape sparked international outrage and a legal saga that is now before Pakistan's supreme court, where 13 men could face the death penalty. US media and civil rights groups have showered Mukhtaran, who is barely literate, with plaudits since she arrived from Lahore last week.
She has given talks in Chicago and Washington and was named "person of the week" by ABC news. The New York Daily News described her as Pakistan's answer to Rosa Parks, the civil rights pioneer who died last month.
Glamour magazine's previous women of the year include former US Secretary of State Madeleine Albright, pop star Britney Spears and actor Ellen DeGeneres. Former president Bill Clinton will present the award, the BBC reported. Mukhtaran's case has embarrassed the Pakistani establishment whose attempts to silence her have only fuelled more publicity.
An earlier attempt to visit the US last June was blocked by President Pervez Musharraf, who told reporters she would "bad-mouth" Pakistan's image abroad. Her passport was returned after protests.
But Mr Musharraf became mired in controversy again in September with claims that rape had become a "money-making concern" in Pakistan. Mukhtaran has promised to give $5,000 of her prize money towards earthquake relief; the remainder will be spent on schools and a women's shelter.