Thursday, September 3, 2009

Big News on Mukhtar Mai

From Nick Kristof (Who else?)

If you're up, watch NBC's Today Show Friday morning. Between 7 and 7:30, there'll be a segment about me and Mukhtar Mai, a Pakistani hero of mine and a star of "Half the Sky." She used rape compensation money to start a school. Then NBC Nightly News will report on maternal health in Pakistan, also by Ann Curry. It's great to see a network treating global maternal mortality as a serious issue.


Honestly, would any of this be happening without Nick Kristof? Doesn't this show what the persistence of one person can do when matched with the courage of one remarkable woman?

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