Tuesday, November 08, 2005

KRISTOF: The Rosa Parks for the 21st Century

Kristof: The Rosa Parks for the 21st Century

And now, for a little inspiration...

KRISTOFF: "...The world lost Rosa Parks last month, but Mukhtaran is a Rosa Parks for the new century: a woman simultaneously ordinary and extraordinary, who transcended her role and started a broad movement for justice. The most pressing moral challenge today is to overcome the brutality and inequality faced by women and girls in the developing world, and Mukhtaran has become a leader of that struggle. I hope that we’ll follow her, and that the U.S. will align itself with real Pakistani leaders like her...."

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