And why does the international community keep silent about this widespead and systematic human rights abuse?
Here is a news report of what I'm talking about:
Millions of Cameroon girls suffer "breast ironing"
By Tansa Musa
YAOUNDE, Cameroon (Reuters) - Worried that her daughters' budding breasts would expose them to the risk of sexual harassment and even rape, their mother Philomene Moungang started 'ironing' the girls' bosoms with a heated stone.
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"Breast ironing is an age-old practice in Cameroon, as well as in many other countries in West and Central Africa, including Chad, Togo, Benin, Guinea-Conakry, just to name a few," said Flavien Ndonko, an anthropologist and local representative of German development agency GTZ, which sponsored the survey.
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However, the practice has many side-effects, including severe pain and abscesses, infections, breast cancer, and even the complete disappearance of one or both breasts.
http://today.reuters.com/News/newsArticle.aspx?type=inDepthNews&storyID=2006-07-07T131600Z_01_L08602404_RTRUKOC_0_US-CAMEROON-BREASTIRONING.xml
2006-07-09
16:43:05
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