NGOs demand justice for woman attacked with bleach
A group of civil society organisations has called on the authorities to ensure justice for a 50-year-old woman from the island of Lhaimagu in Shaviyani atoll who was attacked with bleach on Saturday morning.
26 Dec 2016, 9:00 AM
A group of civil society organisations has called on the authorities to ensure justice for a 50-year-old woman from the island of Lhaimagu in Shaviyani atoll who was attacked with bleach on Saturday morning.
Haleema Adam, president of the Lhaimagu women’s development committee, was hospitalised after the perpetrator threw bleach on her face.
“Cowardly acts such as this adds to a long list of violence and harassment that a large majority of the women in Maldives face on a daily basis,” reads a joint statement issued Sunday by Transparency Maldives, Maldivian Democracy Network, DhiYouth Movement, Nufoshey, Addu Women’s Development Initiative, and Meedhoo Ekuveringe Chain.
“Women continue to be subject to harassment, intimidation, and violence from the parliament floor to the streets of our islands and in our work environment.
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