WOMS202 Chapter Notes - Chapter 16: Acid Survivors Foundation, Eye Movement Desensitization And Reprocessing, Neoliberalism
14 May 2018
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● Feminist negotiations
○ Acid attacks happen all over the world
■ In england acid attacks are more likely to happen to younger men
■ In bangladesh acid attacks more likely to happen to women
● People the victims know are more likely to do these and it
happens at night that affect the victims and people near them
● No records this was happening here prior to 1960
● As women gained more rights and public roles this has become
more common
● Acid attacks during 2002 and every year since they have gone
down significantly
● Laws for acid regulation have been passed and campaigns to end
easy sale of acid and it is rare for conviction and successful
prosecution
● Success could be do to awareness campaigns
● These issues don’t become public until people make them public
Chowdhury
1. What were the objectives and strategies of the initial campaign against acid violence
started by Naripokkho?
● Data collection, creating and maintaining a violence log book, meeting
with and providing support to victims of acids attacks and their families,
and developing a network of allies, such as: journalists, activists,
philanthropists, medical and legal professionals, and international donors
● Campaign strategies: internationalization of a domestic issue thereby
reinforcing voices of local women activist, while affecting national policy
priorities
● Objective: transform incidents of acid attacks a public attack, fault of the
person doing it not the victims
● Strategies: providing aid and support to victims, met with journalist to
make this into the public eye, gathered data and created a log book for the
campaigns
● Page 44- important for survivors to be visible in campaigns because it
increases attention to the issue and give the survivors a voice and feeling
brave and will help others, personalize the stories, show the people who
did this to them did not win and they will continue to show their faces and
they didn’t force the victims to withdraw from society, the survivor
challenges their motives
2. How did these objectives and strategies change with the involvement of international
donors (UNICEF AND ACID SURVIVORS FOUNDATION)?
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Document Summary
Acid attacks happen all over the world. In england acid attacks are more likely to happen to younger men. In bangladesh acid attacks more likely to happen to women. People the victims know are more likely to do these and it happens at night that affect the victims and people near them. No records this was happening here prior to 1960. As women gained more rights and public roles this has become more common. Acid attacks during 2002 and every year since they have gone down significantly. Laws for acid regulation have been passed and campaigns to end easy sale of acid and it is rare for conviction and successful prosecution. These issues don"t become public until people make them public. Campaign strategies: internationalization of a domestic issue thereby reinforcing voices of local women activist, while affecting national policy priorities. Objective: transform incidents of acid attacks a public attack, fault of the person doing it not the victims.
