print email comment close Acid Attacks: Bangladesh's Efforts to Stop the Violence URL: http://www.hcs.harvard.edu/~epihc/currentissue/spring2002/swanson.php Description: This 2002 article discusses acid attacks in Bangladesh, most of which are against women with "the most common reasons for attack being the refusal of marriage, the denial of sex, and the rejection of romance." Provides an overview of nongovernmental organization (NGO) efforts to stop the violence. From the Harvard Health Policy Review. Author: Swanson, Jordan Publisher: Harvard Health Policy Review LII Database Information: Record 25917 created by Jennifer English on 04/14/2008 Last modification on 04/15/2008 Published: 04/24/2008   Funding agency: California State Library LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/25917