Pakistani Woman Wins OSCA

'Saving Face' a documentary about women who have suffered Acid Attacks won the first OSCA for an Pakistani woman.

How proud was I, when I went into a barbershop in Bury Park - Luton and saw that a Pakistani woman had won an OSCAR!!!

                                                                                                            

Yes that’s right a Pakistani woman had won an OSCAR!!

One of the most prestigious awards in the showbiz industry.  The first OSCAR Pakistan had ever won which was so amazing and was some positive news for the country rather than the usual negative images that are associated with Pakistan. 

Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy made the film 'Saving Face', a documentary into the insight of this awful crime which affects thousands of women not just in Pakistan but worldwide. Here is a clip of the trailer for the film;

http://presstv.com/detail/229142.html reports;

'Her victory puts the spotlight on a subject, which affects thousands of women in Pakistan and elsewhere, but is seldom discussed.

“The women’s bravery and resilience in the face of adversity inspires me every single day,” said Chinoy who dedicated the award to the women of her country.

Saving Face is about British-Pakistani plastic surgeon Mohammad Jawad, who performed reconstructive surgery on survivors of acid attacks in Pakistan. More than 100 people, mainly women and girls, are disfigured in acid attacks every year in Pakistan as common means of punishing alleged transgressions.

“The women who decided to be a part of the documentary did so because they wanted to make their voices heard and wanted to bring attention to this form of assault,” Chinoy explained saying that the women in her film were not actresses but true victims. Many victims are women attacked by their husbands, or those assaulted for turning down marriage proposals.'

I am happy that she won a OSCAR for highlighting such a crime and bringing it to the forefront of people’s minds.

The most famous case in the UK is that of Katie Piper who has set up a foundation for women who suffer these kinds of attacks and has her own story documented.  She is beautiful, intelligent and inspirational women whose story much like these women's is heartbreaking.  No person should ever get their lives ruined like this, it’s a horrible crime and people who commit such a crime should be punished accordingly.  Here is a clip of what happened to Katie;