In his compelling article, “One Girl's Courage,” Nicholas D. Kristof illustrates the importance of international law on violence against women through an anecdote about a rape victim in Sierra Leone. The law, proposed by the Senate Foreign Relations Committee led by Hillary Clinton, would offer aid to victims of rape, domestic violence, honor killings and acid attacks, provide education to girls about violence and would impose harsher penalties on attackers, both domestic and acid. stranger. Kristof closely follows the story of one young girl in particular who decided to report her attacker, only to be arrested by the justice system. It's because of girls like this all over the world that the law is at its best and should be enforced. Raped girls should have the right to see their attacker punished for what he did and should not feel the shame themselves like most victims do. With this act, the aggressors will face harsher sanctions, which they deserve for taking away a child's innocence and trust in adult figures. Kristof makes it very clear that the passage of this law will benefit women around the world. “One Girl's Courage” opens with the author, Nicholas Kristof, and actress Eva Mendes, a vocal advocate against violence against women, meeting three and four-year-old rape victims in Sierra Leon. Kristof then goes on to talk about a young girl named Fulamatu, aged 15, who was the victim of a particularly cruel rape at the hands of a pastor in her community. Fulamatu, who dreams of attending university, unlike most girls in her isolated small town, found the courage to report the pastor who, after discovering him, had raped many other little girls in her village. .... middle of paper ......step of. Without this act, thousands of girls must face the shame of rape and know that the men who brutalized them are still carrying out their violence and destroying other lives. Just by looking at a girl, you may never know that she was a victim of rape or assault and she may never seek help for what happened to her. Therefore, these girls must be avenged and something must be done to ensure that those who toss and turn at night and hide their emotions as well as those like Fulamatu who wish to condemn their attackers can sleep peacefully knowing that less rape and violence will afflict the country. world. Any girl who has had her innocence lost without consent will agree that more needs to be done to stop those who think they can just continue to harm others without consequence. This is why the international law on violence against women must be adopted once and for all..