Eight days after 36-year-old Nurbanu from Bangladesh divorced her husband of 18 years, he threw acid right in her face.
Nurbanu's husband went into hiding, HuffPost UK reports, and was caught after ten months and jailed for a year. Yet since then, Nurbanu has returned to her husband -- convinced by her sons to move back in with the man who attacked her.
36-year-old Nurbanu was attacked by her husband but forced to return to him. (VSO)
Reuters writes that around 1,500 acid attacks are reported each year and 80 percent of them target women. Yet the number is most likely higher, as many victims are afraid to speak out.
"Most of the women and girls I support were attacked by men who viewed them as commodities and therefore believed they were justified in disfiguring them and violating their rights," Monira Rahman, CEO of the Acid Survivors Association in Bangladesh, writes.
"Until women have real equality, they will continue to not only suffer the most from poverty but also be subjected to violence," she adds.
Fakhra Younus, a Pakistani dancing girl, never knew equality. She committed suicide12 years after her then-husband, Bilal Khar, disfigured her by spraying her with acid. While Younus was left fighting for her life, enduring as much as 39 separate surgeries, Khar, son of a Pakistani governor was acquitted.
full link and video clip can be seen here; http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/11/28/nurbanu-acid-attack_n_2206621.html
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