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Pakistan: Empowering the oppressed

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13 Mar 2012 - Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy’s Oscar-winning documentary ‘Saving Face’ has rightly brought laurels to her and to her teammates for highlighting globally an issue that had hitherto remained unnoticed and unreported even in Pakistan. The 40-minute documentary focusing on acid attacks against women in our country is indeed a bold attempt to change lives but more than that, it unveils the true face of a society, the bulk of which is still living in medieval times.

For the full story, see The News.

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13 Mar 2012 - Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy’s Oscar-winning documentary ‘Saving Face’ has rightly brought laurels to her and to her teammates for highlighting globally an issue that had hitherto remained unnoticed and unreported even in Pakistan. The 40-minute documentary focusing on acid attacks against women in our country is indeed a bold attempt to change lives but more than that, it unveils the true face of a society, the bulk of which is still living in medieval times.

For the full story, see The News.

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