Stefania Donaera

<p>There are no official statistics but it&rsquo;s estimated that in Bangladesh each year about 200 women are attacked with acid.</p> <p>A woman can be assaulted for refusing a proposal, for unmet demands for dowry, even for being outspoken. She can simply be accused of being wayword and stubborn and therefore men can punish her in the most terrible way.</p> <p>Nahar was a 15 years old student when a boy who had proposed her and she had refused, threw acid and disfigured her.</p> <p>After a number of reconstructive surgeries and years of psychological counseling she found a way out of isolation and got the strength to start her life anew.</p> <p>Today she travels across Bangladesh home after home, village after village to help those who faced the same tragedy.</p>