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The resilience of India鈥檚 acid attack victims

What happens to someone who has survived an acid attack? What does it take to recover from the shock, the trauma and the hatred associated with such a crime?

Acid attacks remain a big issue in India. In most cases, the perpetrators are men, who throw acid on women for rejecting their advances. According to official statistics, there were nearly 200 cases in 2020 - but campaigners say the actual number of attacks is much higher. There are tough laws in place, but implementation has been inadequate, and conviction rates are abysmally low.

So what happens to someone who has survived an acid attack? What does it take to recover from the shock, the trauma and the hatred associated with such a crime? In this edition of WorklifeIndia, we discuss the resilience of India鈥檚 acid attack survivors.

Presenter: Devina Gupta
Contributors: Tania Singh, CEO and co-founder, Make Love Not Scars; Anshu Rajput, acid attack survivor; Sneha Mukherjee, lawyer, Human Rights Law Network

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26 minutes

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Sun 12 Jun 2022 04:32GMT

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Acid attack survivors at Sheroes Hangout Caf茅, a model coffeehouse run by survivors of acid attacks (Credit: Sunil Ghosh/Hindustan Times via Getty Images)

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  • Fri 10 Jun 2022 14:32GMT
  • Sun 12 Jun 2022 04:32GMT

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