India's acid attack victims unite against the horror of their past
Burke, Jason; Sahariah, Sutirtha http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/aug/20/indias-new-hope-for-victims-of-acid-attacks
Publisher: The Guardian
Date Written: 20/08/2015
Year Published: 2015
Resource Type: Article
Last year, 349 people in India, mostly women, had acid thrown on them in deliberate assaults. A groundbreaking cafe allows some of them a new start. Sheroes (run by an NGO in the city of Agra, home of the Taj Mahal) is a rare beacon of hope where the aim is to help change perceptions of the survivors of acid attacks and to allow them to regain some confidence.
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