The PC regarding She -Ek Udaan
Ludhiana: 1st October 2018: (The Media Screen online Bureau)::
Laxmi (born 1 June 1990) is an Indian campaigner with Stop Acid Attacks and a TV host. She is an acid attack survivor and speaks for the rights of acid attack victims. She was attacked in 2005 at age 15, by a 32-year-old man Gudda and his alias Naeem Khan whose advances she had rejected. Her story, among others, was told in a series on acid attack victims media many times. She has also advocated against acid attacks through gathering 27,000 signatures for a petition to curb acid sales, and taking that cause to the Indian Supreme Court. Her petition led the Supreme Court to order the central and state governments to regulate the sale of acid, and the Parliament to make prosecutions of acid attacks easier to pursue.
She was the director of Chhanv Foundation, a NGO dedicated to help the survivors of acid attacks in India to stop acid sale but now started another NGO. Laxmi received a 2014 International Women of Courage award by US First Lady Michelle Obama.She was also chosen as the NDTV Indian of the Year.
We cordially invite you for a Press Conference regarding up coming event She -Ek Udaan
On
Tuesday 2nd October 2018
@
Sharp : 11: 30AM
Venue: Dr J.S Sekhon Clinic, Plot Number 170, Doctor Likhi Ram Road, Rani Jhansi Road, Civil Lines, Ludhiana -
For details pls contact 9888588840
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