honorable mention
Jan Møller Hansen denmark
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Tanjim and Marjia
On 15th May 2018 2:00pm, the man broke into Tanjim’s home and threw corrosive acid through the bedroom window on Tanjim and Marjia while they were sleeping.
“The perpetrators poured five liter of acid on Tanjim and Marjia. They got the acid from the father’s automobile garage. Tanjim had many dreams. She was very beautiful and smart. Tanjim was an innocent and honest girl. She was ready for the annual exam at her school”, says Tanjim’s mother Jannatul.
During the first week of July 2018, Tanjim feel into critical condition and was transferred to an Intensive Care Unit at the private City Hospital in Dhaka. Tanjim passed away on Saturday 7th July 2018 9:30pm due to kidney and lung failure and other complications caused by the acid. Tanjim was just 16 years old and not ready to marry.
Even though the number of acid attacks has declined in Bangladesh in recent years, it is still a serious threat against many women and girls. Acid violence is the intentional act of throwing corrosive acid on the face or body with the intent to disfigure, blind, torture or kill the victim. The acid attacks often relate to men’s wish for marriage, but disputes over land, property, inheritance and dowry are also common motives for the violent acid attacks.
Dhaka, June-July 2018
Jan Møller Hansen has among others photographed marginalised people, aborigines and indigenous people, laboureres, sex workers, transgenders and others in Bangladesh and Nepal. He speaks Nepali and has in-depth knowledge about Nepal and the Himalayan region. He is an international development specialist and former senior diplomat.
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Tanjim and Marjia are sisters and from Bangladesh. They are 16 and 7 years old and live with their family in Bhola in the Southern part of the country. A man from the village of North Dugodhi in Shantirhut, not far from the two sisters home, had been stalking Tanjim for some time. The man wanted to marry Tanjim, but she was not interested and refused his proposal.On 15th May 2018 2:00pm, the man broke into Tanjim’s home and threw corrosive acid through the bedroom window on Tanjim and Marjia while they were sleeping.
“The perpetrators poured five liter of acid on Tanjim and Marjia. They got the acid from the father’s automobile garage. Tanjim had many dreams. She was very beautiful and smart. Tanjim was an innocent and honest girl. She was ready for the annual exam at her school”, says Tanjim’s mother Jannatul.
During the first week of July 2018, Tanjim feel into critical condition and was transferred to an Intensive Care Unit at the private City Hospital in Dhaka. Tanjim passed away on Saturday 7th July 2018 9:30pm due to kidney and lung failure and other complications caused by the acid. Tanjim was just 16 years old and not ready to marry.
Even though the number of acid attacks has declined in Bangladesh in recent years, it is still a serious threat against many women and girls. Acid violence is the intentional act of throwing corrosive acid on the face or body with the intent to disfigure, blind, torture or kill the victim. The acid attacks often relate to men’s wish for marriage, but disputes over land, property, inheritance and dowry are also common motives for the violent acid attacks.
Dhaka, June-July 2018
about the photographer
Jan Møller Hansen is a self-taught and international award-winning photographer, who works with visual story telling and social documentary.Jan Møller Hansen has among others photographed marginalised people, aborigines and indigenous people, laboureres, sex workers, transgenders and others in Bangladesh and Nepal. He speaks Nepali and has in-depth knowledge about Nepal and the Himalayan region. He is an international development specialist and former senior diplomat.
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