Sarah


 * Sarah Smolko **

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 * 1) A young Libyan teenage girl who had witnessed an attack against her school.
 * 2) Libya is the country which my character comes from. Libya is in the northern part of Africa. Libya is mostly a desert area. Libya is a country in the Maghreb region of Africa. The Mediterranean Sea borders this country.
 * 3) My character is a student in a Libyan school which was just attacked by Gaddafi’s men in 2011. She lives in the country of Libya where it is believed that a family’s honor is very important. They believe that disgracing your family is worse than being murdered.
 * 4) Women in Libya would help support my characters position against honor killings. Women in Libya are against honor killings. In Libya mostly men are committing murder against these women. Women could be killed if they refuse an arranged marriage, want a divorce, are a rape victim, or if they have any sexual relations outside of marriage.
 *  -My characters fellow classmates that were not raped would be able to agree with her on this topic because they witnessed girls being raped and killed. **
 *  -Another group that would support my character would be any women activist groups such as, National Organization for Women, Council of Women World leaders, and the WILPF. **
 * 1) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Safety and Rule of Law: There is a clash between culture and law. In this country the culture that killing a person for the honor of the family is going against the laws against murder because the government is letting this happen.
 * 2) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Participation and Human rights: Honor killing is going against the human rights for women. It goes against article 25,16, and article 3. By killing these women they are not having the right to life or the right to having a family.
 * 3) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Sustainable Economic Opportunity: Libya has had a lack of cultural change. With that being said, they have kept the tradition of Honor Killing even though it is wrong.
 * 4) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Human Development:In Libya when rape occurs it seems that the whole village is dishonoured.To be seen naked is worse than murder in the Libyan culture. The fact that women are being looked down on if they are raped os making them excluded from the rest of society and they have to pay the ultimate price for something that is not their fault.
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">6.My character would be a great candidate for this award because she has shown bravery in speaking out about honor killings even though she could face being murdered by doing this. If anyone in her family or in her community were to find out about her speaking out she could face being killed. My character is showing that she is very courageous by sticking up for the women of Libya and even the women who are affected by this act in other countries. “There is no Honor in Murder.” **


 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Extra Background info: My character was a witness of a school attack. Her school in Libya was attacked by Col Gaddafi’s men in 2011. They separated the more attractive girls from the rest of the students and raped them. One of her fellow classmates ended up slitting her wrist in order to avoid being murdered by her family due to her family’s honor. **


 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">What an Honor killing is: Honor killings is when someone is killed in order to keep a family's honor. (Mostly happens to women.) Honor killing is believed to erase shame from a family.Homosexuality can also be a reason for Honor killing. **


 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Examples of Honor Killings in Libya: Col Gaddafi killed all three of his daughters because he claimed that it would keep the honor of his family. There was also a family in Libya where the father had to kill his 15, 17, and 18 year old daughters due to Gaddafi’s men raping them. The father wanted to get rid of his family’s shame. Gaddafi’s men often rape these women in front of their own family’s. **