Shot By Her Boyfriend And Now In A Wheelchair, She Found A 'New Me'
The State Department has honored Botswana's Malebogo Malefhe as a 'woman of courage' for inspiring others to stand up to domestic abuse.
When people find out that Malebogo Malefhe is in a wheelchair because she was shot by her boyfriend, the first question they ask is: "What did you do to him?"
Now Malefhe, who sustained eight bullets from her boyfriend of 10 years, wants to make sure that no woman who's faced domestic abuse is asked this question ever again.
The incident in 2009 nearly cost Malefhe her life. Since then, she's devoted herself to fighting gender-based violence in her native Botswana and teaching women that when men hurt them, it's
