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In 2009, the UN Trust Fund provided a grant to the Acid Survivors Trust International (ASTI) to implement a project to implement a comprehensive strategy to end violence caused by acid burns on girls in Cambodia, Nepal and Uganda.
Background
Acid burning cases against women and girls are highly prevalent in many different countries, yet there may not be specific laws to address them or if there are laws, they may not be implemented properly. In order to fill this gap, NGOs can make an intervention here to effectively reduce this type of violence against women and girls either by lobbying with the government to introduce specific law against acid burning or to effectively implement existing law on the same issue.
The objective of the project can be to reduce cases of violence against women and girls caused by acid burning.
Strategy
The strategy can include “situational analyses and research sharing across countries, implementation of referral systems for survivors, and training for the judiciary and police. Involvement of community members as monitors in nine “model villages” supervising effectiveness of burns violence legislation ensures community “buy-in” and project sustainability” as adopted by ASTI in its implementation plan.
