http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,2110403,00.html
It breaks my heart to read that 33 year old Fakhra Yonnus commited suicide today. She endured so much pain through her life and it hurts me to read about everything she went through. Her struggles began as she worked as a stripper in the red-light district of Karachi, Pakistan. She then got involved with a Pakistani politician whom she married when she was 17. A few years into her marriage, he started verbally and physically abusing her. One day in his anger he threw a bucket of acid on her. Her situation became so severe that her sister-in-law was concerned that she wouldn't make it. Her burns were so bad that her nose was melting and she couldn't breathe. Luckily, word eventually got out to humanitarian organizations and she was then taken to Italy for plastic surgeries. It looks like the emotional scarring she experienced was too deep and the damage had already been done. She decided on March 29 that life wasn't worth living and jumped from the 6th floor of the building in Rome where she was being treated. After reading this story, I really felt motivated to do something to raise awareness about this. Acid attacks on women are not ok. What do you suggest we can do to expose these horrors that take place? How can we protect women in male-dominated societies so they aren't subjected to this type of treatment?
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