Acid attack on women: A new face of gender-based violence in India

Singh, Mousami; Kumar, Vijay; Rupani, Raja; Kumari, Sangeeta; Shiuli,; Yadav, Pradeep Kumar; Singh, Raghvendra; Verma, Anoop

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“…Thirteen of the 15 studies were retrospective, one was a quantitative descriptive exploratory study (Diniz et al, 2007) and one was qualitative (Furr, 2014). Studies were published between 2004–2018 and conducted across nine countries: India (Agarwal, 2017a, 2017b; Furr, 2014; Kumar & Tripathi, 2004; Meera et al, 2015; Shaha & Mohanthy, 2006; Sharma et al, 2005; Singh et al, 2018), Brazil (Diniz et al, 2007), Jordan (Haddadin, 2012), Bangladesh (Das et al, 2013), Iran (Farhad et al, 2011), Nepal (Lama et al, 2015), Colombia (Restrepo-Bernal et al, 2014), Pakistan (Nasrullah & Muazzam, 2010) and Cambodia (Waldron et al, 2014). Five studies investigated unnatural deaths (e.g.…”

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“…Motives for Violence Against Women. Ten of the 15 included articles (Agarwal, 2017a(Agarwal, , 2017bDas et al, 2013;Kumar & Tripathi, 2004;Nasrullah & Muazzam, 2010;Restrepo-Bernal et al, 2014;Shaha & Mohanthy, 2006;Sharma et al, 2005;Singh et al, 2018;Waldron et al, 2014) provided a motive for burn-related violence against women. Dowry-related deaths were identified (Agarwal, 2017a(Agarwal, , 2017bDas et al, 2013;Kumar & Tripathi, 2004;Shaha & Mohanthy, 2006;Sharma et al, 2005;Singh et al, 2018) as a motive in India (five out of six studies) and Bangladesh.…”

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Violence by Burning Against Women and Girls: An Integrative Review

Kornhaber

Pan

Cleary

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Trauma, Violence, & Abuse

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Violence against women and girls by burning is a serious and confronting form of gender-based violence. Often, perpetrators aim to disfigure their victims or cause great pain, rather than kill them. Little is known about the characteristics of females who are subjected to violence by burning. This study aimed to review the literature concerning the prevalence, demographic profile, injury event, contributing factors and health outcomes for women and girls who have experienced burn-related violence. A search across five databases (PubMed, CINAHL, PsycINFO, Scopus and LILACS) was conducted up to April 2021 to identify original peer-review research, with a focus on violence by burning against women and girls. The review was guided by the five-stage approach to integrative reviews developed by Whittemore and Knafl (2005) . Fifteen studies were identified. Victims were predominantly married, with low socio-economic status, limited education, and high emotional and financial dependency on their partners or families. Burn injuries were mostly caused by flame or acid, with significant morbidity or high mortality. Motives included family/marital issues or property/financial disputes. This review identified the limited evidence available in the peer-reviewed literature related to burn-related violence against women and girls worldwide. Findings suggest the need for further research to provide a clearer understanding of the complex issues involved.

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Violence by Burning Against Women and Girls: An Integrative Review

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Cleary

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Trauma, Violence, & Abuse

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“…In India, acid burns cases are becoming a major socioeconomic concern due to its immediate and long-term consequences on the affected person. In an observational study conducted by M. Singh et.al, on acid attack victims, they observed disfiguration of the face was seen in 100% of the victims, the ocular involvement was present in 78.8% of the cases, loss of hearing in 15.4% of cases, throat injuries in 9.6% of cases [5] . As most of the acid burn cases involves upper airway, in chronic cases due to the formation of scars and contractures difficult airway scenario is encountered.…”

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Successful fiberoptic intubation of difficult airway in an acid burn patient using 2% lignocaine spray as you go method and conscious sedation with dexmedetomidine: A case report

Jyoti¹,

Lisha²,

Mehta³

2021

Int. J. Med. Anesthesiology

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Management of difficult airways is widely recognized as one of the important tasks of an anesthesiologist. One of the commonly encountered difficult airway is of post-burns contractures leading to restriction of mouth opening and neck movements. Proper planning and skillful execution to secure airway is of utmost importance as failure may lead to cannot ventilate and cannot intubate situation. We present a case of successful fiberoptic oral intubation in 88yr old blind, hypertensive female patient with post acid burn contractures with difficult airway and narrow nasal passages using spray as you go technique and balanced conscious sedation.

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“…Literatures suggests (Singh et al, 2018b) that the most important aspect of this type of crime is that normally, the intention of the attacker is not to kill the victim, but it is often to make their life a burning hell and humiliate them. Moreover, there are still very limited knowledges about what interventions are most effective for prevention of this gender-based violent crime.…”

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Acid Attack: A Devastating Violence Against Women

Ghosal

Chattopadhyay

2020

ANTYAJAA: Indian Journal of Women and Social Change

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This article will explore the problem of acid attack as a gender-related crime. We analyse the socio-legal status of this crime as a form of violence in comparison of other forms of violence in the Indian context with the help of secondary data. The patriarchal notion of women is that the body is her only respect, and its violation is ultimate punishment. The number of acid attacks is increasing every passing year. The latest report of the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) 2016 recorded 283 incidents under the section of acid attack (‘Living in the shadows’- A project for acid attack victims by Haryana State legal Services Authority). It revealed that the most of the reported acid attack cases are due to refusal of marriage or rejection of romance. We discuss the consequences of acid attack and the legal framework available to address this problem.

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Acid attack on women: A new face of gender-based violence in India

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Violence by Burning Against Women and Girls: An Integrative Review

Violence by Burning Against Women and Girls: An Integrative Review

Successful fiberoptic intubation of difficult airway in an acid burn patient using 2% lignocaine spray as you go method and conscious sedation with dexmedetomidine: A case report

Acid Attack: A Devastating Violence Against Women

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