"My School Is A Matter Of Life & Death For Me"

via https://youtu.be/mpOAEqDKfMw "My School Is A Matter Of Life & Death For Me" A symbol of hope for the voiceless and oppressed women seeking a direction in life, Mukhtaran Mai is the name of a revolt against the evils of our society. Most of the rape victims in Pakistan often end their lives due to "forced shame" or shackle themselves in their own cage. Mukhtaran still lives in the same village of Meerwala in Muzaffargarh District of southern Punjab where her life changed. After receiving retributions from the government, Mukhtaran started working for promoting and defending women’s rights in Pakistan. She knew that empowering women is to educate them and started her journey with three schools. In 2002, Mukhtaran started the ‘Mukhtar Mai Girls’ Model School’ in her village Meerwala. But, now due to a lack of funds, Mukhtaran needs the government’s help to keep it up and running. It became difficult for me to run the school almost three years back but I never lost hope. According to Mukhtaran, she has knocked on the doors of government officials, related education departments in Punjab, and even at the district level in Muzaffargarh. She even wrote letters to Punjab School Education Minister Dr. Murad Raas, but no one came to support her.