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Protect Young Women and Girls from Breast Ironing in Cameroon
Target: Mr. Amadou Ali, Minister of Justice, 1000 Yaounde, Cameroon; Mr. Jerome Mendouga, Ambassador, 2349 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20008Sponsored by: Care2
Breast ironing, the traditional practice of massaging or pressing the breasts of adolescent girls in order to suppress the growth of the breasts, is shockingly widespread in Cameroon where one in four teenagers are subjected to the traumatic process by relatives.
Girls as young as eight years old are 'ironed' by their own mothers using a heated stone, with the belief that breast ironing will help these girls and young women avoid sexual harassment and rape. Even the victims themselves think it is good for them.
This form of mutilation has many side-effects, including severe pain and abscesses, infections, breast cancer, and even the complete disappearance of one or both breasts.
Sign now to speak out for the rights of women and girls in Cameroon. Urge the Government of Cameroon to carry out immediate efforts to educate mothers and girls about the dangers of "breast ironing" and to take urgent steps to eradicate it.
Girls as young as eight years old are 'ironed' by their own mothers using a heated stone, with the belief that breast ironing will help these girls and young women avoid sexual harassment and rape. Even the victims themselves think it is good for them.
This form of mutilation has many side-effects, including severe pain and abscesses, infections, breast cancer, and even the complete disappearance of one or both breasts.
Sign now to speak out for the rights of women and girls in Cameroon. Urge the Government of Cameroon to carry out immediate efforts to educate mothers and girls about the dangers of "breast ironing" and to take urgent steps to eradicate it.
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# 100:
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2:06 pm PDT, Jun 6,
Maryann Smale, Maine
Please stop this horrible practice! |
# 99:
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1:47 pm PDT, Jun 6,
Igor Spantulescu, Romania
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# 98:
1:23 pm PDT, Jun 6,
Kimberly Taberner, Massachusetts
# 97:
1:19 pm PDT, Jun 6,
Lisa D'Angelo, California
# 96:
12:59 pm PDT, Jun 6,
Name not displayed, Massachusetts
# 95:
12:38 pm PDT, Jun 6,
Name not displayed, United Kingdom
# 94:
12:08 pm PDT, Jun 6,
Carla Meyer, Illinois
This kind of mutilation is Wrong. If nature wanted breasts to be flat, it will. To force this kind of torture, is just that torture. Think before you do this and it is not for your own good.
This kind of mutilation is Wrong. If nature wanted breasts to be flat, it will. To force this kind of torture, is just that torture. Think before you do this and it is not for your own good.
# 93:
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11:50 am PDT, Jun 6,
Falcon Guthert, United Kingdom
That is sick. Again; it is the girls & young women, who shall take 'precausions' & not men; a typical symptom of an extreme sexist male dominated society. How about making a 'knot' in to boys & young mens penises, so they will not be in 'danger' of being sexually arroused or harrased. This is of course a joke, but shows quite clearly how absurd this torturous practise on girls & young women is. |
# 92:
11:27 am PDT, Jun 6,
Jennifer Wolverton-Bolak, Michigan
# 90:
11:16 am PDT, Jun 6,
Kayla Philbrick, Maine
# 89:
11:04 am PDT, Jun 6,
Eric Criswell, California
# 88:
10:57 am PDT, Jun 6,
Rhiannydd Powell, United Kingdom
# 87:
10:37 am PDT, Jun 6,
Toni Nesbitt-Hanson, Texas
This is barbaric!! Education in respecting and idolizing women is well over due globally.
This is barbaric!! Education in respecting and idolizing women is well over due globally.
# 86:
10:33 am PDT, Jun 6,
Avak Norbert Kirchner, Germany
# 85:
10:28 am PDT, Jun 6,
Tawnya Shields, Mississippi
# 84:
10:27 am PDT, Jun 6,
Carol Mastro, California
Lets educate our people on mutual respect for self and others, and pass more laws to protect our young girs and women from unwanted sexual advances. Whatever the question, love is the answer.
Lets educate our people on mutual respect for self and others, and pass more laws to protect our young girs and women from unwanted sexual advances. Whatever the question, love is the answer.
# 83:
10:22 am PDT, Jun 6,
Jessica Lam, California
# 82:
10:17 am PDT, Jun 6,
Leyla Roberson, Germany
# 81:
10:17 am PDT, Jun 6,
Name not displayed, Oregon
# 80:
10:12 am PDT, Jun 6,
Robin Dove, Ohio
# 79:
10:08 am PDT, Jun 6,
Diane Jalbert, Georgia
# 78:
10:08 am PDT, Jun 6,
Karen Mondale, California
# 77:
10:08 am PDT, Jun 6,
Jessica Fernández, Spain
# 76:
10:01 am PDT, Jun 6,
Marta Carbonell, Spain
# 75:
9:55 am PDT, Jun 6,
Franziska Eber, Germany
# 74:
9:48 am PDT, Jun 6,
Alyxandra H., Texas
Please educate these people of the harm and the damage they are causing to their children. No one should be kept in the dark of such things, and no young girl deserves to be put through any such harm, especially unknowingly by ignorant parents.
Please educate these people of the harm and the damage they are causing to their children. No one should be kept in the dark of such things, and no young girl deserves to be put through any such harm, especially unknowingly by ignorant parents.
# 73:
9:46 am PDT, Jun 6,
Talitha Peters, California
# 72:
9:42 am PDT, Jun 6,
Gino Foti, Massachusetts
# 71:
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9:35 am PDT, Jun 6,
Kelli Stowe, California
This practice is not healthy for the woman. They can get breast cancer and infections from this. I believe it is a form of torture. Do something about the people that rape the woman. |
# 70:
9:30 am PDT, Jun 6,
Karen Campbell, California
# 69:
9:29 am PDT, Jun 6,
Jason Kurtz, California
# 68:
8:56 am PDT, Jun 6,
Margaret Tollner, California
# 67:
7:53 am PDT, Jun 6,
Falqui Massidda massimo, Italy
# 66:
7:44 am PDT, Jun 6,
BRITTNEY DENAPOLI, North Carolina
# 65:
7:18 am PDT, Jun 6,
Susan Bloom, North Carolina
# 64:
7:14 am PDT, Jun 6,
Pam Davis, Georgia
# 63:
7:14 am PDT, Jun 6,
Mimi Jacoby, Israel
# 62:
7:03 am PDT, Jun 6,
Sue Harris, United Kingdom
This is one traditional practice that needs shelving for ever..
This is one traditional practice that needs shelving for ever..
# 61:
7:01 am PDT, Jun 6,
Anita Palmer, South Carolina
# 60:
6:03 am PDT, Jun 6,
Vanessa Griffin, California
# 59:
6:01 am PDT, Jun 6,
Erinna Lyttle, Indiana
# 58:
5:53 am PDT, Jun 6,
Maria Fernanda R Alvarez, Argentina
# 57:
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5:51 am PDT, Jun 6,
Ginger Geronimo, Alabama
Wow, I've never heard of this before! How crazy! These people need to be educated! |
# 56:
5:41 am PDT, Jun 6,
Name not displayed, Michigan
# 55:
5:05 am PDT, Jun 6,
Mark Diffenbaugh, New Jersey
# 54:
4:45 am PDT, Jun 6,
N. Pierce, New York
How horrible, please help educate these Mother's and young girls!
How horrible, please help educate these Mother's and young girls!
# 53:
4:31 am PDT, Jun 6,
Tina Florell, Sweden
# 52:
4:31 am PDT, Jun 6,
Name not displayed, Wisconsin
# 51:
4:21 am PDT, Jun 6,
Debra Arnold, Michigan