Acid attacks and wife burnings are common forms of violence against women in some Muslim-majority countries. Victims are often poor women who have little voice or power in their societies. Perpetrators are rarely prosecuted. One activist in Pakistan has documented over 7,800 cases of acid attacks and burnings against women in one area alone since 1994, but only 2% of perpetrators were convicted. Because women have low social status, their attackers face little consequences. The violence has become normalized.

1. Jeenal markana
FY i-MBA

5. Acid aatacks and wife burnings
are common in parts of Muslim
countries because the victims are
the most voiceless in these
societies: they are poor and

6. scince 1994 a pakistani activist who
founded the progressive Women’s
Association to help such women “has
documentted 7,800 cases of women
who were deliberately burned,
scalded or subjected to acid attacks,
just in the Islamabad area.”

7. “ In only 2 percent
Of those cases
was anyone convicted.”

8. Because women usually
don’t matter in this part of
the world, their attackers
are rarely prosecuted and
acid sales
Are usally not controlled.

9. It’s a kind of terrorism that
becomes accepted as part
of the background noise
in the region.

11. Irum Saeed, 30, poses for a
photograph at her office at the
urad university of Islamabad,
Pakistan, Thursday, July 24, 2008.
Irum was burned on her face, back
and Shoulders twelve years ago
when a boy whom she rejected for
Marriage threw acid on her in the
middle of the street. She has
undergone plastic surgery 25 Times
to try recover from her scars.

13. Shameem Akhter,18,poses for
A photograph at her home in
jhag, Pakistan, Wedenesday,
July 10, 2008. Shameem was
raped by three boys who then
Threw acid on her three years
Ago. Shameem has undergone
Plastic surgery 10 times to try
To recover from her scars.

15. Lahore, Pakistan, Sunday,
Oct.26,2008. Ten Years
ago Shahnaz was bunrned
With acid by a relative
due to a familial dispute.
She has never undergone
Plastic surgery.
Shahnaz Bibi,35,poses
For a photograph in

17. TEENSUICIDE
Danielle Semels
Sociology: Death and Dying

18. EVERY 17 MINUTES A TEEN SUCCEEDS IN TAKING
THEIR OWN LIFE.

20. FUN FACTS
Suicide is the third leading cause of death
between the ages of 15-24.
The suicide rate among teens has nearly
tripled between the mid 1960s and mid 1980s
More teen males succeed in taking their lives
than female, but there are still many attempts
made by female teens.
Heavy metal attracts suicidal and depressed
youths-it does not cause suicide.

21. THE COMMON METHODS
Gun shot
Drug/Alcohol overdose
Hanging
Romeo and Juliet Style
Carbon Monoxide
Suffocation
Jumping
Exsanguination
Electric Shock
Drowning

22. REASONING
Academic pressures Alcohol
abuse
Loss of a valued relationship
Bullying
Low self esteem-due to bullying
Loneliness

23. QUESTIONS AND ANSWER
-Do you think males and females suicide rates are
different?
-Is it okay to plant a tree or dedicate a bench in
memory of a teen who has dies by suicide?
-Why are teens suicide rates increasing over the
years?