On May 2nd, 2006, Ms. Mukhtar Mai will return to New York to speak at The United Nations. CNN Anchor Soledad O’Brien presents a special in-depth interview with Mukhtar Mai, the remarkable rape survivor who has emerged as an international spokesperson on women’s rights in Pakistan. Honored as “Woman of the Year” by Glamour, Mai…
Apr. 26, 2006 Washington Mukhtar Mai, who is here to receive a number of awards, was hosted at a well-attended reception at the Pakistan embassy on Monday evening. “My slogan is to end oppression through education,” Mai said in brief remarks on the occasion. She thanked the embassy, particularly Ambassador Jehangir Karamat, for inviting her….
At Hammond Westside Upper School, Southeastern Louisiana University Master of Arts in Teaching graduate students and Tangipahoa Parish Schools personnel participate in a webcast with students at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The Southeastern and MIT students will work together to develop curriculum for laptop computers donated to Westside Upper by the Virtue Foundation Virtue…
By DEBRA LEMOINE, Florida parishes bureau HAMMOND — Keith Tillman Jr., a sixth-grader at Hammond Westside Upper Elementary School, carefully pieced together the recorded sounds of various instruments Thursday, creating background music for a DVD of student stories about their Hurricane Katrina experiences. Using a computer program called Garage Band, Tillman was working on an…
Virtue Foundation featured on ABC News Nightline reported by Cynthia McFadden
Featuring: Sue Bennett, M.B.,ChB, Head of Child and Youth Protection Program Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario Zelda Hunter, Project Manager, Sihanoukville Action Pour Les Enfants Karin Landgren, UNICEF Chief of Child Protection Keith Morrison, Correspondent, “Dateline NBC”, Moderator Perhaps more than any other group, helpless and vulnerable children around the world are increasingly being exploited…
Screening and panel discussion, featuring: James Otto, Human Rights Focus (HURIFO)-Gulu, Uganda Jemera Rone, Human Rights Watch Dr. Adeyinka Akinssulure-Smith, Bellevue/NYU Program for Survivors of Torture
United Nations: Pakistan gang rape victim Mukhtaran Mai is likely to speak at the United Nations soon, as the world’s body is said to be in touch with the non-governmental organisation “Virtue Foundation” for fixing a date with her, a UN spokesman said. Earlier, on January 20 Mai was scheduled to make an appearance at…
[…] Question: Can you put on the record the latest on why [Mukhtar Mai of Pakistan] was not allowed to speak here on Friday. Was it a mistake? Spokesman: It was a very unfortunate incident. The decision to cancel the event was taken within the Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) Section of the Department of Economic and…
By BRADLEY BROOKS Associated Press Writer (FindLaw) (AP) – UNITED NATIONS-A Pakistani woman who has gained global attention by speaking out about her gang rape ordered by tribal leaders will be invited back to speak at the U.N. after an initial appearance was quashed by Pakistani officials. Mukhtar Mai was scheduled to speak at the…