Saira Liaqat, 26, poses for the camera as she holds a portrait of herself before being burned, at her home in Lahore, Pakistan, Wednesday, July 9, 2008. When she was fifteen, Saira was married to a relative who would later attack her with acid after insistently demanding her to live with him, although the families had agreed she wouldn't join him until she finished school. Saira has undergone plastic surgery 9 times to try to recover from her scars.
Irum Saeed, 30, poses for a photograph at her office at the Urdu University of Islamabad, Pakistan, Thursday, July 24, 2008. Irum was burned on her face, back and shoulders twelve years ago when a boy whom she rejected for marriage threw acid on her in the middle of the street. She has undergone plastic surgery 25 times to try to recover from her scars.
Kanwal Kayum, 26, adjusts her veil as she poses for a photograph in Lahore, Pakistan, Sunday, Oct. 26, 2008. Kanwal was burned with acid one year ago by a boy whom she rejected for marriage. She has never undergone plastic surgery.
Munira Asef, 23, poses for a photograph in Lahore, Pakistan, Sunday, Oct. 26, 2008. Munira was burned with acid five years ago by a boy whom she rejected for marriage. She has undergone plastic surgery 7 times to try to recover from her scars.
Shahnaz Bibi, 35, poses for a photograph in Lahore, Pakistan, Sunday, Oct. 26, 2008. Ten years ago Shahnaz was burned with acid by a relative due to a familial dispute. She has never undergone plastic surgery.
This girl committed suicide.
This 17 year old and her younger sisters were attacked with acid in Afghanistan after rejecting a marriage proposal. This happened recently, sometime in 2011.
How many thousands of women does this happen to? How many get medical treatment? How many get justice?
Come to think of it - these women should all be in JAIL! Why? They were physically attacked. If one of these women were raped, she woud be thrown in jail. Rape is a physical attack. So is acid. So, lets just throw them all in jail and forget about the whole thing! (i am being completely sarcastic, I hope that is obvious.) The men who do the raping and the men who throw the acid are the only ones who belong locked up in jail.
Here is where I found most of my pictures.
http://www.tampabay.com/blogs/alleyes/2009/11/terrorism-thats-personal.html
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