Natalia Ponce de León

A crime victim and survivor who successfully campaigned for a law targeting perpetrators of acid attacks in her country, in 2016, she was listed as one of BBC's 100 Women.

Ponce de León had recently returned to Bogotá after living for a short time in London where she was studying English and working as a restaurant waitress.

She was unexpectedly assaulted by Jonathan Vega,[2] who threw a liter of sulphuric acid on her face and body on March 27, 2014[3] while she was visiting her mother in Santa Barbára.

[4] Vega, a former neighbor, was reported to have been "obsessed" with Ponce de León and had been making death threats against her after she turned down his proposal for a relationship.

The new law, which is named after her, defines acid attacks as a specific crime and increases maximum sentences to 50 years in jail for convicted offenders.