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Shameem Akhter, 18, poses for a photograph at her home in Jhang, Pakistan, Wednesday, July 10, 2008. Three years ago three boys threw acid on her.

Sabira Sultana, 30, poses for a photograph at her home in Jhelum, Pakistan Wednesday, July 24, 2008. While being pregnant Sabira was burnt with gasoline by her husband for not giving enough dowry upon their marriage.

Irum Saeed, 30, adjusts her scarf as she poses for a photograph at her office at the Urdu University in Islamabad, Pakistan, Thursday, July 24, 2008. Irum was burnt on her face, back and shoulders with acid thrown in the middle of the street by a boy whom she rejected for marriage 12 years ago. She has undergone plastic surgery 25 times to try to recover from her scars...........

Urooj Akbar, 28, poses for a photograph at the Depilex beauty center where she works in Lahore, Pakistan, Sunday, July 27, 2008. Urooj was burnt with kerosene oil by her abusive husband while she was sleeping. The two had a child who now lives with her husband and in-laws and whom she is not able to see.