ENTRY DESCRIPTION
Suraiya, 28 y.o., is a survivor. Attacked by her husband for dowry, she had a facial disfigurement and posted her one eyesight. She denounced her aggressor (perpetrator in in prison life time) and after physical treatment and psychological service at Acid Survivors Foundation in Dhaka, she started to work as survivor ambassador for help other women in same conditions. Suraiya was award from Ministry of Women's Affair of Bangladesh for her courage.

AUTHOR
Erberto Zani is an Italian freelance photojournalist based between Parma (Italy) and Basel (Switzerland). Since 2008 he focused on capturing people’s daily life, strength in their environments. His work documents social and environmental issues, systemic inequalities, cultural traditions.
His photo has been published on BBC Newsround, Cnn Travel, Der Spiegel, El Pais, Financial Times, Lonely Planet, The Economist, The Times, among others.

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