%0 Journal Article
%T Acid Violence And Medical Care In Bangladesh
%J Gender and society
%D 2003
%A Anwary, Afroza
%V 17
%N 2
%P 305-313
%X Acid attacks on women are increasing at alarming rates in Bangladesh, but the government has failed to provide medical care to the victims. Easily available sulfuric acid, which can mutilate a human face in moments, has emerged as a weapon used to disfigure a woman’s body. By the mid-1990s, activists had documented acid attacks, and urban protests were followed by demands for better medical care. I show how the interaction between local and international-level civil society organizations made international resources available to local feminist groups engaged in domestic social struggles and helped to improve medical care for acid victims of Bangladesh.<p />
%G 
%I SAGE Publishing
%@ 0891-2432
%U http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0891243202250851