Laxmi Agarwal is an Indian acid attack survivor, a campaigner for rights of acid attack victims, and a TV host. She is a former director of Chhanv Foundation, an NGO dedicated to helping acid attack survivors in India. She was attacked at the age of 15.
Agarwal in Washington receiving an award, 2014
First Lady Michelle Obama Honors 2014 IWOC Awardee Laxmi of India
An acid attack, also called acid throwing, vitriol attack, or vitriolage, is a form of violent assault involving the act of throwing acid or a similarly corrosive substance onto the body of another "with the intention to disfigure, maim, torture, or kill". Perpetrators of these attacks throw corrosive liquids at their victims, usually at their faces, burning them, and damaging skin tissue, often exposing and sometimes dissolving the bones. Acid attacks can lead to permanent, partial, or complete blindness.
Acid attack victim in Cambodia
Acid attack victims in Bangladesh
Acid attack victim in Cambodia
Natalia Ponce de León (right), survivor of a 2014 acid attack, receiving an award for her activism for other survivors