Continuing the rubric of "post from the past": Unfortunately, in many Eastern countries still widespread attitudes toward women as essentially powerless to second grade. And any attempt to prove otherwise can lead to very sad consequences.
Usually we consider terrorism as a political act. But sometimes it can be very personal. Not the government and the rebels poured acid does not face the woman in Pakistan. This was done by her husband, with whom she was going to divorce. While the civilized nations think about what to do with the situation in Afghanistan, Pakistan and other Third World countries - it is important to understand that the very ignorance, illiteracy and misogyny that create background for acid attacks, can leak and the political plane.
(Note that in the post there are materials that may seem unpleasant or frightening)
Nicholas Kristof, a columnist for The New York Times, which last year went to Pakistan to cover the problem, writes in his article:
"I have been investigating cases of attacks with acid, commonly used for intimidation and oppression of women and girls across Asia, from Afghanistan to Cambodia (men are almost never subjected to the sort). Since women are virtually worthless in this part of the world, those who attack them, very rarely get to court, and the sale of acid is usually not controlled. This kind of terror they have gradually become commonplace and accepted as part of the broad masses of the regional "background noise".
Bangladesh set to control the spread of acids in order to limit such attacks, but in Asia is still very easy to go to the shop and buy sulfuric or hydrochloric acid, capable of destroying a human face. Acid attacks and wife ignites widespread in the region of Asia because the victims are the most powerless, voiceless members of society - women. As a first step to make the world even noticed, it is necessary to give these women the right to speak.
Since 1994, Pakistani activist, who founded the "Association of Progressive Women" (PWA), to help the victims, 7800 documented cases where women were deliberately burned, scalded with boiling water or doused with acid, in the Islamabad area alone. Only 2% of these cases, someone punished.
Recently, the Afghans on motorcycles sprayed acid group of girls who dared to go to school. One of them, 17-year-old Shamsia, being in a hospital bed, told reporters: "I will go to school, even if they kill me. I want to give our enemies, let them do it a hundred times, I will still continue to learn. "
When I met with Naim Azar, a Pakistani woman who was once an attractive, confident realtor serving the agency, she was wearing a black veil, enveloping her head and face. After removing it, it made me shudder. Acid completely burned her left ear and most of the right. She dazzled her, burnt sockets and all over the face to the bone. Six skin grafts with flesh and legs a little help, but she can not close the eyes or mouth remains, she can not eat in public, because food is humiliating falls out during chewing.
"Look at Naim, she lost her eye," - Shahnaz Bukhari sighs, Pakistani activist of «PWA», and her welling tears. - "I cry every time she comes to me."
Naima is well earned and maintain their three young children when she decided to divorce her husband Jamshid Azar, fruit dealer, who rarely brought money home. He agreed to a divorce, because he has his eye on another woman. However, she said, and according to his son after the divorce took place, Jamshid came to say goodbye to the children, asked to borrow money , and then took a bottle of his ex-wife and splashed in the face with acid.
"I cried," - says Ms. Azar. - "Flesh fell from my cheeks. The bones of the face exposed, and all my skin was gone. "
Neighbors came running, but all they saw - rushing about in panic blinded a woman with a smoking person who screamed and struggled against the walls. Jamshid no one picked up, and it just disappeared. Naim has survived thanks to the support of friends and «PWA». Shahnaz Bukhari collects money for a lawyer with whom one could make the police find and arrest of Jamshid, as well as for an operation that may restore vision in one eye.
In the past two years, Senators Joe Biden and Richard Lugar to help maintain and activate the International Violence Against Women Act - a law that allows a number of measures to cover such cruelty and force foreign governments to pay attention to them. This helps to break the silence and the culture of impunity surrounding this kind of terrorism.
But the worst part of my meeting with Naim Azar, apart from the sight of her face were the words of her 12-year-old son of Hasan Shah, who accompanies her everywhere. He said that in one of the houses, where they remained some time after the attack, the man upstairs every day beating his wife and threatened: "You saw the woman at the bottom, which burned her husband? I will do to you the same thing! "
Several women victims of Pakistan:
1. Naim Azar, victim of acid attack of her husband
2. Irumu Salido, 30 years old. Her face, back and shoulders were burned 12 years ago, when the boy, whom she refused the marriage , she splashed acid in the street. She endured 25 plastic surgeries to remove the scars.
3. Shameem Akhter, 18. Three years ago she was raped and then doused with three acid. She endured 10 plastic surgeries in an attempt to get rid of scars.
4. Najaf Sultana, 16 years old. At the age of five years, sleeping, she was burnt his own father, apparently due to the fact that he did not want to have another female child in the family. As a result, Najaf and blind after her abandoned to their fate both parents, living with relatives. She had 15 plastic surgeries.
5. Shenaz Usman, 36 years old. Shenaz doused with acid relative during a family dispute five years ago. She went through 10 plastic surgeries.
6. Shahnaz Bibi, 35. 10 years ago Shahnaz also doused with acid one of the relatives. Plastic surgery is not made.
7. Kanwal Qayum, 26 years old. A year ago, her boyfriend doused with acid in retaliation for his refusal to marry. Plastic surgery is not made.
8. Munira Asef, 23. Five years ago, Munir doused with acid for the same reason. 7 surgeries.
9. Bushra Shari, 39 years old. Bushra five years ago, doused with acid own husband because she wanted to divorce him. She had 25 plastic surgeries.
10. Memuna Khan, 21. Memuna was doused with a group of young people who have used acid to resolve the conflict between their family and family Memuny. She went through 21 operations.
11. Zainab Bibi, 17 years old. 5 years ago, she refused to marry, the groom and splashed her with acid. Went through several plastic surgeries.
12. Naila Farhat, 19 years old. A similar story.
13. Sair Liaqat, 26. At age 15, married to her cousin, who later doused her with acid after unsuccessful attempts by the inducement to live together, despite the fact that the family agreed that she would move to it only at the end of the school. Underwent 15 plastic surgeries.
14. And even in seemingly quite civilized Turkey , which is a candidate for EU membership still active wild customs. Here in this pit in the village of Kahta found the body of 16-year-Medina Memi - relatives buried her here alive because she was friends with the boys peers. The girl's body found in a hole two meters deep, with their hands tied. My father and grandfather of Medina were arrested. The Turkish news agency Anatolia reported that this is taken to make the women who were raped or simply decide to familiarity with strange men.
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