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Medecins du Monde (also called Doctors of the World) provides medical health care to vulnerable populations in both developed and undeveloped countries around the world.
For the eleventh consecutive year, Medecins du Monde is running the LUIS VALTUENA INTERNATIONAL HUMANITARIAN PHOTOGRAPHY AWARD, a tribute to four humanitarian workers murdered in the field. These poignant photos convey both the horror of war and desolation but also the beauty and power of humanitarian action. The photos below highlight violence against women around the globe.
Abir Abdullah (Bagerhat, Bangladesh)
This photo was taken as part of a series
called "Acid Survivors in Bangladesh".
Hashina Akhter, 21, was attacked in 2004
when refused a proposal of marriage. She
lost an eye and now works in the Acid
Survivors Foundation.
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Abir Abdullah (Bagerhat, Bangladesh)
Acid attack survivor Rita Rani Das shows
the scars on her face and neck. She was
attacked by her first husband after she
converted to Islam.
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Abir Abdullah (Bagerhat, Bangladesh)
Khodeja Begum was attacked with acid in
her village in 2001. Both she and her
newborn daughter of 18 days were
sleeping and seriously injured.
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Giovanni Marrozzini (Italy)
This photo is part of a series called "
The Bride's Price" and it is about
female circumcision in Africa. Excision
is a form of violence that affects
approximately two million young girls a
year. It is often practiced with
rudimentary tools and without an
anaesthetic.
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Paolo Pellegrin (Italy)
A woman beaten by her ex-husband and now
paralysed in the Ardamata Internally
Displaced person's camp in Darfur, Sudan.
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