liberated-soul:

fuckyeahsouthasia:

“Seventeen year old Neela is one of more than 2,700 victims of acid attacks in Bangladesh over the past 10 years. ‘My husband was angry…because he claimed a dowry but my family couldn’t provide one’, she says. ‘His plan was to sell me in Saudi Arabia - when I refused he threw acid on me and he fled.’”

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/photo-essay-acid-attack-survivors-fight-back-6267821.html

 

“Acid is thrown in women’s faces or forced down their throats almost daily in Bangladesh. Such violence melts skin and bone, often resulting in blindness. The country has become a hotspot for acid attacks, mostly on women, because of land disputes, refused marriage proposals and domestic quarrels.

A woman’s face is seen as sacred; to permanently scar it brings dishonour on her family and is a public mark of shame. It makes it hard for a woman to get married or gain employment and she becomes a financial and social burden on her family.

ActionAid helped to found the Acid Survivors’ Network (ASN), which is a support group for acid victims in Bangladesh.  As well as helping them to regain their confidence, rebuild their lives and help them to earn a living, ASN offers the victims legal support to help prosecute the perpetrators.”

(via liberated---soul)