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ISLAMABAD-PAKISTAN-JUNE 24: Bashiran Bibi, 45, from Sukhiki, Punjab region poses showing a face that is severly deformed from her burns June 24, 2007 in Islamabad, Pakistan. Bashiran Bibi's story is vague but it seems that either her in-laws or possibly her husband burned her by pushing her into the oven and possibly using acid as well some 25 years ago because of various domestic issues amongst the extended family. Since then she has given birth to 5 children and still lives with her husband and stays at home caring for her family as best as she can. Depilex Smileagain Foundation, a non-governmental organization is helping her recovery with vocational training and ongoing reconstructive surgery. The UN and other human rights organizations have issued reports for years on many forms of violence against women in Pakistan which involve domestic violence, rape, and honor killings. Acid is thrown at women to avenge the shame that the woman is accused of bringing, as revenge. Typically it is over marriage refusals, which are often arranged, arguments in the home and sexual advances that are rejected. Acid burns rarely kill but result in serious disfigurement and suffering which confine women to their homes leading to social isolation and depression. Allegations are made and the crime is commited easily. Acid is used commonly for cleaning and in agriculture for the cotton seeds in the rural areas. It is cheap and readily available to all. Although women have protested the open sale of acid, it is still easily available. Women in Pakistan face biases in the criminal justice system and police are relunctant to deal with the so called " family matters" . Only a small percentage of the cases go to trial bringing the criminals to justice while the majority are settled out of court after a substantial bribe is paid. Bribes are comonplace in the culture of the southern Punjab and Sindh areas where a feudal society allows the rich to pay off officials. The majority of the violent cases are found in the smaller villages of southern Punjab and Sindh area where a lack of education, poverty and a conservative Islamic culture play a strong role in the subordinate position of the female and lack of rights. (photo by Paula Bronstein /Getty Images) 51new.light.donation.2 burma 20 cambodia 3

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