ASTI News

First Global UNiTE Youth Forum to End Violence against Women and Girls

2012-05-18T10:15:38Z

‘From 22 to 24 May 2012, over 40 youth activists from across the globe will meet in Bangkok for the first Global UNiTE Youth Forum. The Forum is being organized by UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon’s global campaign UNiTE to End Violence against Women, to harness the leadership and engagement of young people in addressing violence against women and girls.’

MSc or PhD student with SPSS data analysis expertise wanted!

2012-05-14T09:35:54Z

Acid Survivors Trust International (ASTI) is looking for a MSc or PhD student who has experience using the SPSS data analysis package, to assist us with a research process for the second and final year of ASTI’s UN Trust Fund (UNTF) supported project, “Towards a comprehensive strategy to end burns violence against women in Cambodia, Nepal and Uganda.”

ASTI’s visit to ASF - Uganda

2012-05-04T12:36:34Z

ASTI’s visit to ASF Uganda from 20th – 29th April!

Erin and Hilda

ASTI NEEDS RUNNERS!

2012-05-03T11:53:01Z

ASTI needs 6 runners for the British 10k run that will take place on Sunday 8th July at 9.35am and it promises to be something very special

‘Man charged with murder for acid attack’

2012-04-27T12:59:37Z

‘SELAYANG: A young wireman was charged in the magistrate’s court today with the murder of an accounts clerk in a suspected acid attack.’

‘Pakistani women’s lives destroyed by acid attacks’

2012-04-20T09:26:47Z

‘Campaigners in Pakistan say cases of acid attacks are increasing in most areas, even though tougher penalties were introduced last year. An Oscar-winning Pakistani documentary has put the crime under the spotlight, but it is estimated that more than 150 women have acid thrown on them every year – usually by husbands or in-laws – and many never get justice. The BBC’s Orla Guerin reports.’

Shama had every reason to take pride in her beauty before the attack. Image taken from bbc.co.uk website.

Special thanks to Mrs. Jane Hurd and her Choir!

2012-04-17T11:11:33Z

ASTI would like to thank Mrs. Jane Hurd and her Choir for raising money for our cause by organising a Mere Gracenotes Concert on 17th March 2012!

‘Years After Acid Horror, Suicide Stirs Pakistan’

2012-04-11T11:30:31Z

‘KARACHI, Pakistan — Fakhra Younas went under the surgeon’s knife 38 times, hoping to repair the gruesome damage inflicted by a vengeful Pakistani man who had doused her face in acid a decade earlier, virtually melting her mouth, nose and ears.’

‘NEPAL: Women survive violence with help from rural Nyaya health clinic’

2012-04-10T15:21:38Z

‘(WNN) Rural Achham, NEPAL: She was brought in an ambulance to one of the most rural hospitals in Nepal – the Bayalpata Hospital. Unconscious and badly bruised, she was a typical case of domestic violence. We accepted her into our hospital. But even before she had regained full consciousness she left the hospital to rescue her husband who had been kept behind the bars for beating her up.’

‘Acid attack: Petitioners ask court to try Fakhra Younus case again’

2012-04-10T10:24:48Z

‘KARACHI: A petition has been filed in the alleged acid attack case of Fakhra Younus, a woman who committed suicide in Italy last month after undergoing up to 39 surgeries to correct the disfiguration from an acid attack.’