News: 2011 archives
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Channel Swim for ASF-Pakistan
Many congratulations from all at ASTI to Natasha Simenson and her team for the tremendous achievement in swimming the channel and raising money for ASF-Pakistan!
Posted on 21/12/11 in ASTI news • Read full article
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ASTI Tea-Party Fundraising Event!
Tea-Party fundraising event took place earlier in December and it was organised by a wonderful group of ASTI volunteers!
Posted on 21/12/11 in ASTI news • Read full article
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‘Women-specific bills passed: Fourteen-year jail term for acid-throwers’
‘ISLAMABAD: Acid victims sitting in the gallery of the upper house witnessed the landmark Senate proceedings in awe.’
Posted on 13/12/11 in ASTI news • Read full article
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ASF-Bangladesh has been awarded a prestigious honour by French Government
Alain Juppe spoke in Paris on Saturday 10 December 2011 to Five International Associations
Posted on 13/12/11 in ASTI news • Read full article
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‘Afghan police arrest spurned brothers for acid attack’
‘(Reuters) – Afghan police have arrested four brothers who threw acid over a woman who had refused to marry one of them, also attacked her mother and two sisters with acid, and brutally beat her father, the interior ministry said on Friday.’
Posted on 09/12/11 in ASTI news • Read full article
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‘Malaysian acid attack survivor to undergo plastic surgery in South Korea’
‘GEORGE TOWN: Acid attack survivor Tan Hui Linn, 19, who is studying accountancy at a private college in Kuala Lumpur, will undergo examination for plastic surgery in Seoul on Dec 14.’
Posted on 09/12/11 in ASTI news • Read full article
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‘‘Honour’ crimes against women in UK rising rapidly, figures show’
‘Statistics from police forces detailing numbers of crimes planned and carried out by families or communities reveals 47% rise’
Posted on 09/12/11 in ASTI news • Read full article
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‘Afghan sisters hurt in acid attack over rejected proposal’
‘The suitor was rejected. And the intended bride’s family and officials say he took his revenge’
Posted on 02/12/11 in ASTI news • Read full article
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‘Photo essay: Acid attack survivors fight back’
‘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’
Posted on 25/11/11 in ASTI news • Read full article
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International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women and 15th Anniversary of the UN Trust
‘This year the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women and Celebration of the 15th Anniversary of the UN Trust Fund to End Violence against Women will be commemorated under the theme : ” Youth Leadership in Preventing and Ending Violence against Women and Girls “.’
Posted on 24/11/11 in ASTI news • Read full article
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Cambodia: Youth Leaders take on domestic violence - Video
This video was produced by UN Women and released in November 2011
Posted on 24/11/11 in ASTI news • Read full article
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‘16 Days of Activism against Gender Violence’
‘The International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women and the ensuing 16 Days of Activism against Gender Violence are commemorated every year around the world to raise awareness and trigger action on this pervasive human rights violation.’
Posted on 24/11/11 in ASTI news • Read full article
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‘Cambodia: Reclaiming Life after Acid Attacks’ - video
To watch a You Tube video on the above article please follow the link
Posted on 21/11/11 in ASTI news • Read full article
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‘Cambodia: Reclaiming Life after Acid Attacks’
‘In Cambodia acid attacks and burns violence against women are common and widespread, yet many survivors of such violence often find themselves in the dark for adequate legal, medical and psychological support.’
Posted on 21/11/11 in ASTI news • Read full article
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ASTI Photo Gallery
ASTI now has a Photo Gallery!!
Posted on 18/11/11 in ASTI news • Read full article
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Bangladesh acid attacks, women and children the most affected group
Since 1999 there has been 2,496 cases of acid attacks, according to data from the Acid Survivors Foundation (ASF) Bangladesh. In 2010, 72% of cases were girls and women between the ages of 18 and 34 with growing attacks on men over property related issues.
Posted on 18/11/11 in ASTI news • Read full article
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‘Man who raped and threw acid on ex-girlfriend sentenced’
‘A Menifee man who used household chemicals to incapacitate his former girlfriend and then raped her in revenge for breaking up with him was sentenced today to 39 years, 8 months in state prison.’
Posted on 11/11/11 in ASTI news • Read full article
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Shirin Juwaley’s Palash Foundation
‘Visually Different…Visually Striking…’
Posted on 09/11/11 in ASTI news • Read full article
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Suspect due in court on acid-attack charge
A man accused of conspiracy to throw acid at a barrister outside the District Court two years ago will appear in the Eastern Magistrates’ Courts today
Posted on 04/11/11 in ASTI news • Read full article
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Child marriages: 9-year-old flees hospital following acid attack
FAISALABAD: A nine-year-old girl who was seriously injured following an acid attack by her ‘husband’ fled the DHQ Hospital in Jhang on Friday afternoon.
Posted on 04/11/11 in ASTI news • Read full article
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Bollywood Quiz Night update!
News on ASTI’s Bollywood Quiz Night that took place on the 21st October!!
Posted on 02/11/11 in ASTI news • Read full article
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Gender-Based Violence Conference in South Asia
Gender-Based Violence Conference in South Asia that took place on the 22nd and 23rd October 2011 in Delhi was organised by Avon Centre for Women and Justice in partnership with Virtue Foundation and others including UN Women
Posted on 28/10/11 in ASTI news • Read full article
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Sharmeen Obaid Chinoy’s ‘Saving Face’ sails to the Oscar
Saving Face has been shortlisted as one of only eight documentaries from across the globe for the Best Documentary.
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Posted on 21/10/11 in ASTI news • Read full article
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Shrin Juwaley: ‘Treat us as equals’
At an event organised on Wednesday in Bandra, visually different people came together and shared their personal experiences on discrimination faced in society.
Posted on 21/10/11 in ASTI news • Read full article
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Update: Bollywood Quiz Night!
There’s an easy new way to attend the Bollywood Quiz Night…
Posted on 14/10/11 in ASTI news • Read full article
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Acid Attack in Nepal; Victims Unable to Eat or Speak
Purna Bahadur Pun (40) and his wife Nirmala (35) are in dire need of emergency medical intervention.
Posted on 14/10/11 in ASTI news • Read full article
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Acid attack on BJP leader in Rishikesh, India
In a shocking incident, a local BJP woman leader from Rishikesh was attacked with acid and her house set on fire on Friday morning. The woman is under treatment at a hospital, while her 24-year-old daughter died reportedly due to shock.
Posted on 07/10/11 in ASTI news • Read full article
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Rise in Acid Attacks Reported in Malaysia
The number of corrosive liquid attack cases in Malaysia has risen dramatically this year with 45 cases to date compared to only three in 2009 and 10 last year.
Posted on 07/10/11 in ASTI news • Read full article
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New Scholarship Fund in Memory of Dedicated Burns Nurse
Bangladeshi Burns Nurse Kakoli Adhikary has sadly passed away, but her work will live on via the establishment of a new scholarship fund.
Posted on 30/09/11 in ASTI news • Read full article
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Bollywood Quiz Night
Come support acid survivors and have a fantastic time at our Bollywood Quiz Night on Friday 21 October!
Posted on 30/09/11 in ASTI news • Read full article
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Acid Survivor in South Africa Renames Herself “Susan Forgives”
A commuter whose face was severely disfigured when acid was flung at her has described how the apparently random act has changed her life.
Posted on 23/09/11 in ASTI news • Read full article
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Acid Attack Victim in Danger of Losing Sight
In Cambodia, Kompong Cham Provincial Court has charged a teenager with attempted murder for allegedly dousing a woman in acid in the early hours of Thursday morning, an official said yesterday.
Posted on 23/09/11 in ASTI news • Read full article
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Acid Attacks: A Cambodian Curse Too
A pretty young karaoke singer is doused with acid as she slurps noodles with her young niece in a downtown market. A couple riding home from dinner are burned with dangerous,and unregulated,chemicals as they ride a motorcycle down a major Phnom Penh boulevard. A mother, sleeping with her two children, is attacked in her own home in an act of relationship-related revenge. These types of attacks are all too common in Cambodia.
Posted on 16/09/11 in ASTI news • Read full article
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An Open Letter about Beauty and Ugliness
One woman’s response to acid attack survivor Shirin Juwaley being denied entrance to a college.
Posted on 16/09/11 in ASTI news • Read full article
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Burns Survivor Denied Entry at Indian College
Battling rejection for 13 years, an acid attack survivor was denied permission by an Indian college to talk to students about ‘normative beauty.’
Posted on 06/09/11 in ASTI news • Read full article
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Presenting… ASTI’s Runners for the 2011 British 10k Run
The Asics British 10k Run is this Sunday, and ASTI’s runners will be dashing through London to help end acid violence. Learn their stories, and show your support!
Posted on 06/07/11 in ASTI news • Read full article
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Run/Walk in Richmond Park with ASTI and Energise
Fitness charity Energise has selected ASTI to be the beneficiary of its 4 June Run/Walk in Richmond Park.
Posted on 26/05/11 in ASTI news • Read full article
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Run for ASTI in the British 10K Run
The British 10K Run will be taking place on 10 July 2011, and ASTI needs your support.
Posted on 24/05/11 in ASTI news • Read full article
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ASTI Office Is Relocating
The ASTI office will be relocating to the London Bridge area this week. The building where we have been based was recently sold and we have been asked to find a new home.
Posted on 18/04/11 in ASTI news • Read full article
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Mukta Has Her Trainers on for ASTI in the London Marathon
“Acid attack survivors have to use the mental strength of running several marathons a day.” ASTI supporter Mukta Dabral will be running in the London Marathon on Sunday, the 17th of April.
Posted on 14/04/11 in ASTI news • Read full article
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Five years of partnership in the campaign to end acid violence in Pakistan
London – On 15 March 2011 an evening reception was held at the High Commission of Pakistan in London, to mark the five year partnership between ASTI and Acid Survivors Foundation Pakistan (ASF-P). Guests included ASTI’s patron HRH The Princess Royal, Dragon’s Den entrepreneur James Caan, Sir Anwar Pervez, and Nepalese ambassador Dr. Suresh Chandra Chalise.
Posted on 18/03/11 in ASTI news • Read full article
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HRH The Princess Royal Visits ASTI’s Partner in Bangladesh
During her three day official visit to Bangladesh, ASTI’s Royal Patron, HRH The Princess Royal, took time out to visit Acid Survivors Foundation Bangladesh on 1 March 2011.
Posted on 01/03/11 in ASTI news • Read full article
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Head of DFID in Bangladesh Condemns Acid Violence
On 26 February, Mr. Chris Austin, Head of the UK’s Department for International Development (DFID) spoke at ASTI’s Bangladeshi partner organisation, Acid Survivors Foundation Bangladesh. There, he strongly condemned acid violence and reiterated his organisation’s commitment to supporting acid survivors.
Posted on 26/02/11 in ASTI news • Read full article
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ASTI and ASFU Host UNIFEM Project Workshop
ASTI’s groundbreaking project funded by the United Nations Trust Fund to End Violence Against Women (UNIFEM) officially began this January with a one-week Project Implementation Workshop in Kampala, Uganda.
Posted on 21/02/11 in ASTI news • Read full article
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English Cricket Team Visits Acid Survivors in Bangladesh
The England cricket team took a stop out of their two-match warm-up tour (before the World Cup) to visit acid violence survivors at ASTI’s partner organisation in Dhaka, Acid Survivors Foundation Bangladesh (ASFB).
Posted on 20/02/11 in ASTI news • Read full article
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ASTI Speaks at the World Health Organization in Geneva
In our continuing effort to highlight the crime of acid violence on the international agenda, ASTI Chair John Morrison spoke to the World Health Organization (WHO) in Geneva.
Posted on 13/01/11 in ASTI news • Read full article
