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#SaveSheroes: A fight for survival for a cafe run by acid-attack victims

The survivors earn about Rs 12,000 a month and live in a women's hostel. Sheroes has, through them, become a symbol of resilience

Sheroes, acid attack survivors
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Virendra Singh Rawat
Last month, when the #MeToo movement spearheaded by women recounting accounts of sexual harassment at workplaces was yet to gain momentum in India, another women-centric movement, #SaveSheroes, was at its peak.

The movement was launched to save the Sheroes Hangout café, a Lucknow-based eatery run by women survivors of acid attacks. The Uttar Pradesh Mahila Kalyan Nigam had served an eviction notice on the café after its two-year lease had expired in March this year.

The Chhanv Foundation, which operates the café, was also charged with fudging accounts. The NGO refuted the allegations and challenged the eviction notice in the