About 1,500 acid attacks are reported each year, but Jaf Shah, the executive director of the London-based charity Acid Survivors Trust International (ASTI), said the real number is many times higher. "There are whole swathes of regions across the globe where acid attacks are occurring but are not being recorded," he said in a telephone interview. Increasing diversity on the catwalk has been an aim of FTL Moda. Australian model Madeline Stuart, who has Down Syndrome, made her runway debut at the FTL Moda show last year. "I think this is a powerful tool," said FTL Moda founder Ilaria Niccolini.

Source: bd News24 September 08, 2016 20:03 UTC