Rihanna hopes women learn from her experience

Months after being attacked by ex-boyfriend Chris Brown, people.com reports that Rihanna is speaking out about her healing process in December issue of Glamour magazine.

"My story was broadcast all over the world for people to see," she says. "They have followed every step of my recovery. The positive thing that has come out of my situation is that people can learn from that. I want to give as much insight as I can to young women, because I feel like I represent a voice that really isn't heard. Now I can help speak for those women."

Named Glamour's 2009 Woman of the Year, Rihanna, 21, will be honored in a special ceremony at New York's Carnegie Hall on Monday .

And, she says, the past nine months have been a source of growth and strength: "I am stronger, wiser and more aware ."

The singer has already released the power ballad "Russian Roulette" off her fourth album, Rated R , due in stores Nov. 23. "I've put everything I've wanted to say for the past eight months into my music," she says. "(It's) super fearless - which is exactly how I feel right now. I am in a really good place."

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