Breast Ironing

Saving the Girl Child

Elischia Fludd | Posted 05.15.2012

Read More: Misogyny, Girls, Child Abuse, Violence Against Women, Obstetric Fistula, Breast-Ironing, Impact News
Elischia Fludd

Every day, somewhere in the world, a girl child struggles to live. In a world that still prefers the value of a male over a female, the girl child is already a miracle if she exists long enough to be born.

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Teenage Girls Undergo 'Breast Ironing' In Cameroon (VIDEO)

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Teenage Pregnancy, Female Circumcision, Cameroon, Breast Ironing, Genital Mutilation, Young Girls, Teenage Girls, Breasts, Sexual Abuse, Sexual Assault, Africa @Y:World, Video, World News

Affecting one out of every four girls, the brutal practice of "breast ironing" is on the rise in the African country of Cameroon. The procedure -- whi...

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