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STOP ACID ATTACKS

STOP ACID ATTACKS

They got attacked with acid when they were so young. By people who tried to disfigure them, to destroy their identity, who thought that they could do anything to women and that they could lead them to darkness and silence.
Today, here they are. They started campaigning in Delhi in 2013 to help and rehabilitate acid attacks survivors. The campaign is called “STOP ACID ATTACKS”. Their action spread out all over India. They go to meet survivors in their families and help them come out, intervene when the police do not take up a complaint and follow up on the medical treatment and the ensuing legal procedure. They also report the news cases to the authorities and the medias. The girls don’t want to hide. They design clothes, they opened a café-restaurant in Agra, they do painting, they want to smile, they have different life projects. They also interact with other minorities as rape victims, LGBT communities, old people abandoned by their families, sharing their strength and experience. They refuse to be called “victims” but prefer the term “fighters”.

Photo shows: Rupa has always wanted to be a fashion designer. Today, she designs clothes, no matter what happened in her life before. She wants financial independence and be able to open her shop in Delhi or Mumbai. She’s already got approximately 100 unique personal creations. For the moment, she exhibits some of them at Sheroes Hangout in Agra, a café restaurant founded by Stop Acid Attacks members.
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They got attacked with acid when they were so young. By people who tried to disfigure them, to destroy their identity, who thought that they could do anything to women and that they could lead them to darkness and silence. <br />
Today, here they are. They started campaigning in Delhi in 2013 to help and rehabilitate acid attacks survivors. The campaign is called “STOP ACID ATTACKS”. Their action spread out all over India. They go to meet survivors in their families and help them come out, intervene when the police do not take up a complaint and follow up on the medical treatment and the ensuing legal procedure. They also report the news cases to the authorities and the medias. The girls don’t want to hide. They design clothes, they opened a café-restaurant in Agra, they do painting, they want to smile, they have different life projects. They also interact with other minorities as rape victims, LGBT communities, old people abandoned by their families, sharing their strength and experience. They refuse to be called “victims” but prefer the term “fighters”. <br />
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Photo shows: Rupa has always wanted to be a fashion designer. Today, she designs clothes, no matter what happened in her life before. She wants financial independence and be able to open her shop in Delhi or Mumbai. She’s already got approximately 100 unique personal creations. For the moment, she exhibits some of them at Sheroes Hangout in Agra, a café restaurant founded by Stop Acid Attacks members. <br />
©Pascal Mannaerts/Exclusivepix Media