Monira Rahman
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Monira Rahman worked as secretary/PA to Dr John Morrison OBE who consulted for the Canadian International Development Agency in Dhaka, Bangladesh prior to becoming the founder of the Acid Survivors Foundation
, an organization dedicated to raising awareness and preventing acid attacks. She later became Executive Director of ASF and was granted the Human Rights Award of the German section of Amnesty International
in 2005, as ASF was able to reduce number of acid attacks in Bangladesh about 40% since 2003.
Acid Survivors Foundation
The Acid Survivors Foundation is a Bangladeshi organization dedicated to raising awareness and preventing acid attacks and providing survivors with medical and legal aid....
, an organization dedicated to raising awareness and preventing acid attacks. She later became Executive Director of ASF and was granted the Human Rights Award of the German section of Amnesty International
Amnesty International
Amnesty International is an international non-governmental organisation whose stated mission is "to conduct research and generate action to prevent and end grave abuses of human rights, and to demand justice for those whose rights have been violated."Following a publication of Peter Benenson's...
in 2005, as ASF was able to reduce number of acid attacks in Bangladesh about 40% since 2003.