They call me lady tiger, but I never eat my young
TRIGGER WARNING: VIOLENCE, ABUSE, ACID ATTACKS
approachingsignificance:

Acid attack survivors fight back
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.’
Nicolas Alexrod/ActionAid

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.

TRIGGER WARNING: VIOLENCE, ABUSE, ACID ATTACKS

approachingsignificance:

Acid attack survivors fight back

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.’

Nicolas Alexrod/ActionAid
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.
  1. doyouseewhatyoumeantome reblogged this from lucyyintheskywithdiam0nds
  2. 9-0-9 reblogged this from glitterinthejungle
  3. lucyyintheskywithdiam0nds reblogged this from glitterinthejungle
  4. glitterinthejungle reblogged this from laprincesseperdue
  5. laprincesseperdue reblogged this from peace-child
  6. jsmooth13 reblogged this from oheychristian
  7. mutualassureddistraction reblogged this from mossbaby
  8. kaisukekun reblogged this from bubblygranolachick and added:
    this is the kind of shit that makes me regret being born human.
  9. mybookfullofshit reblogged this from theintentionalife
  10. bubblygranolachick reblogged this from lady-lotus
  11. lunamutt reblogged this from eliyanii
  12. eliyanii reblogged this from theintentionalife
  13. lady-lotus reblogged this from theintentionalife
  14. theintentionalife reblogged this from fuckyeahfeminists
  15. kaitlynsophiacampbell reblogged this from keepsycho
  16. themillymonstah reblogged this from fruta-extrana
  17. fruta-extrana reblogged this from approachingsignificance
  18. giveemwhiplash reblogged this from ohdidikillthequeen
  19. ohdidikillthequeen reblogged this from sexular
  20. goodfriendsandabottleofpills reblogged this from hateonmymind
  21. rawshitbyairzin reblogged this from ihugmoons
  22. staphonly reblogged this from fyeahbangladesh and added:
    the value of life..
  23. loveshmeg21 reblogged this from sexgenderbody
  24. fuckyeahalesha reblogged this from catgurl
  25. mylittlesunset reblogged this from mamacobra
  26. oddlyclad reblogged this from koryminx
  27. canto-vii reblogged this from allisonthevegan
  28. thecaffeinatedvegan reblogged this from koryminx and added:
    This world we live in..it is just so horrible..
  29. theothersideofmywalls reblogged this from missmaryxo
  30. missmaryxo reblogged this from koryminx
  31. smile-even-if-youre-dying reblogged this from koryminx