Justice to Acid Attack Survivors

Amongst many forms of gender based violence, acid attack on women is the most inhuman and dangerous. When a woman denies someone's sexual advances, these sociopaths end up attacking them with acid, ruining their lives forever. As many as 59 in Odisha have been victims of acid attacks which left them with critical injuries. The survivors not only suffer from bodily injuries, but it also scars them with the burden of mental trauma, and takes away their opportunities for education and employment.

To help out the acid attack survivors, CLAP takes the following actions:

1) Monitors criminal trials in the court of law to ensure stringent punishment to the wrongdoers.

2) Provides legal assistance to the survivors, and help them claim and avail victim's compensation from the state.

3) Campaigns to stop acid attacks.

4) Demands special legislation to stop sale of acid.

5) Long term rehabilitation and social re-integration of survivors through education, vocational training and employment opportunity.

Justice to the survivors of acid-attack can be realised through the support of CLAP Legal Service Institute. Apart from conviction for such crime against women in the court of law, the legal assistance given by CLAP also helps girls and women to avail victim compensation from the state, so that their long term rehabilitation as well as social reintegration can be made possible. The acid attack survivors also undertake a campaign demanding stringent law to prohibit sale of acid.