still fighting for justice five of the men convicted of her rape were acquitted by the horror high course on the sentence of one man was reduced to life imprisonment the acquittals were upheld by pakistan s supreme course so this month my went back to the supreme court to petition against them it s through her decision to speak out that mokhtar my has become a symbol of strength for voiceless and oppressed women a world renowned advocate of women s rights in education she says of two schools for girls and a women s refuge just a few hundred meters from where she was raped and she s driven by one clear goal. it isn t easy to always repeat what i ve been through. it s very hard for me. but i want those people to be punished. because i do not want anyone else to become
background may be or their economic status util lack of funding women s shelters don t have enough space for all the women who need help the german government says it has earmarked forty one million euros for women s shelters and advisory offices in the next two years it s a first step but critics say it doesn t go far enough middle of violet s speech she sold us right now we have the situation where places are taken within a matter of hours we have to turn down a lot of women and two thousand seven hundred seven thousand four hundred women were turned away in this region because we didn t have enough space. for sandra securing a place in the shelters saved her life she says without the support here she may never have been able to break out of the cycle of abuse. to worthing is that i let myself get involved with a man and the best thing is that i made to break away from him and can start my life in new. centers to move into her own apartment with her child soon
of their small child. if there s anyone out there who wants to leave they should just leave and never go back i can only had wise to do that because afterwards everything gets much much worse. the women s refuge has started a poster campaign to highlight the plight of women like sandra with the words the dignity of women is in buyable other women who found help at the safe house also have a clear message they want work timbs to make their experiences public and get help to other women out there don t be afraid to take a step forward you ll get support. if i didn t know where i could get help i was just at home waiting for someone to come and get me out of this hell. beaten in term mentored by their partner not exactly the image we normally associate with a modern and self-confident woman perhaps that s also why shame plays a big role in their silence but it is a problem that affects way to many women no matter what their cultural social
shane miller had no involvement with law enforcement in shasta county up until there was the domestic violence that started occurring between him and his wife. sandy miller ended up going to a local women s refuge to seek safe harbor, and she took her children with her. we took a domestic violence report. our detectives learned mr. miller did have an extensive arrest record and had also had a federal arrest record in which he was sentenced to federal prison. when sandy came into our office, she appeared very tired.
sandy miller ended up going to a local women s refuge to seek safe harbor, and she took her children with her. we took a domestic violence report. our detectives learned mr. miller did have an extensive arrest record and had also had a federal arrest record in which he was sentenced to federal prison. when sandy came into our office, she appeared very tired. the girls were very tearful. red eyed. exhausted. they d had a long morning trying to get down the mountain to come here. she said shane had been very