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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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We signed the “Protect Young Women and Girls from Breast Ironing in Cameroon” petition!
# 920:
1:04 am PDT, Oct 14,
Nancy Fanos, California
# 919:
10:41 am PDT, Oct 13,
Catherine Dagsland, Utah
# 918:
10:43 am PDT, Oct 12,
Ali Deckoff-Jones, New Mexico
# 917:
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10:53 am PDT, Oct 9,
Susan Marden, Maine
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# 916:
11:08 am PDT, Oct 6,
Freddie Geisler, Florida
# 915:
1:55 pm PDT, Oct 5,
Name not displayed, Florida
# 914:
7:10 pm PDT, Oct 2,
Dana Hodge, Kentucky
Please do not force anyone to submit to such subhuman treatment.
Please do not force anyone to submit to such subhuman treatment.
# 913:
6:25 am PDT, Sep 29,
Name not displayed, Illinois
# 912:
1:41 pm PDT, Sep 28,
Kimberly Lewis, Oregon
# 911:
2:02 am PDT, Sep 25,
Simos Tarabatzis, Greece
# 910:
12:55 pm PDT, Sep 24,
Norma Mastrangelo, Canada
# 909:
12:50 pm PDT, Sep 24,
Romeo Hermann Kemayou, Germany
I am shocked to find out this affects 1 female in 4
I am shocked to find out this affects 1 female in 4
# 908:
12:09 pm PDT, Sep 24,
Jennifer Streeter, Arizona
# 907:
11:19 am PDT, Sep 23,
Name not displayed, United Kingdom
What kind of savage....!!!
What kind of savage....!!!
# 906:
4:38 am PDT, Sep 23,
Gabriel thomas Awanda, Cameroon
j'approuve de tout coeur cette petition.Il est grand temps que toutes ces pratiques avilissante et destructives cessent.
j'approuve de tout coeur cette petition.Il est grand temps que toutes ces pratiques avilissante et destructives cessent.
# 905:
1:34 am PDT, Sep 23,
Name not displayed, Iran, Islamic Republic Of
Its Really awful...this is not the way,its an insult to God's creation,they dont have the right to damage what he has made himself..... God has given women a nice body and he has told her how to protect that...if they follow the words of creater..they wont face these awful problems,both men and women....all problems come from lack of religion and knowledge
Its Really awful...this is not the way,its an insult to God's creation,they dont have the right to damage what he has made himself..... God has given women a nice body and he has told her how to protect that...if they follow the words of creater..they wont face these awful problems,both men and women....all problems come from lack of religion and knowledge
# 904:
1:33 am PDT, Sep 23,
Krista Dandridge-Barnett, California
It is truly imperative that the RIGHTS OF ALL are recognized in an effort to guarantee that which is Humane to those who (can easly come to) fall victim to the injustices of the "law" ... Please give the natural rights of Women back to the Women of Cameroon! .. May CHRIST Bless the Women of Cameroon ..
It is truly imperative that the RIGHTS OF ALL are recognized in an effort to guarantee that which is Humane to those who (can easly come to) fall victim to the injustices of the "law" ... Please give the natural rights of Women back to the Women of Cameroon! .. May CHRIST Bless the Women of Cameroon ..
# 903:
12:00 am PDT, Sep 23,
Thidoi MOMO, Washington
No more
No more
# 902:
3:08 pm PDT, Sep 22,
Haley Hedrick, North Carolina
# 901:
6:37 am PDT, Sep 22,
Name not displayed, France
# 900:
12:22 am PDT, Sep 22,
G. Botongue, Illinois
Hopefully we can all unite behind this cause and educate families about the danger
Hopefully we can all unite behind this cause and educate families about the danger
# 899:
12:16 am PDT, Sep 22,
Magalie S., France
Il est temps d'y mettre fin !
Il est temps d'y mettre fin !
# 898:
11:41 pm PDT, Sep 21,
Name not displayed, Sweden
# 897:
9:42 pm PDT, Sep 21,
Briand Ningahi, Massachusetts
# 896:
8:44 pm PDT, Sep 21,
Name not displayed, New York
this curle and ignorant. they need tobe educated.
this curle and ignorant. they need tobe educated.
# 895:
5:02 pm PDT, Sep 21,
EC Bessala, United Kingdom
I am shocked to find out this affects 1 female in 4 .....because I have never come across such practice nor even heard of it until 30.06.08 from an article in METRO (London version) I am not sure what the government peut faire but I am signing on the assumption that any small step, tiny reaction may make a difference.... no matter how small....
I am shocked to find out this affects 1 female in 4 .....because I have never come across such practice nor even heard of it until 30.06.08 from an article in METRO (London version) I am not sure what the government peut faire but I am signing on the assumption that any small step, tiny reaction may make a difference.... no matter how small....
# 894:
11:00 am PDT, Sep 21,
Diane Bita Minsili, Georgia
# 893:
6:38 am PDT, Sep 21,
Nina Peyrade, Germany
# 892:
12:45 pm PDT, Sep 20,
Judith Schugar, Maryland
Eventually Cameroon will have to pay the price for this practice, in terms of orphans left behind after their mothers have died of breast cancer and abandoned families left after the man has moved on to a woman whose breasts are not scarred from the burns of ironing. Prosecute your rapists! not the victims. Educated women are the key to solving your country's problems.
Eventually Cameroon will have to pay the price for this practice, in terms of orphans left behind after their mothers have died of breast cancer and abandoned families left after the man has moved on to a woman whose breasts are not scarred from the burns of ironing. Prosecute your rapists! not the victims. Educated women are the key to solving your country's problems.
# 891:
11:02 am PDT, Sep 19,
Josiane De Biyong, Texas
Unbelievable!!!I didnt know there was such thing in cameroon, im speechless.
Unbelievable!!!I didnt know there was such thing in cameroon, im speechless.
# 890:
8:19 am PDT, Sep 19,
Lydie Tawamba, Michigan
As cameroonian, we need to understand the difference b/w mutilation and education. Ironing breasts will never stop a girl that feels ready for sex to to avoid it. Education is the key!!! So Please, Stop it!!!
As cameroonian, we need to understand the difference b/w mutilation and education. Ironing breasts will never stop a girl that feels ready for sex to to avoid it. Education is the key!!! So Please, Stop it!!!
# 889:
6:15 am PDT, Sep 19,
Gracianne Tchamda, Canada
two words : please stop
two words : please stop
# 888:
4:53 am PDT, Sep 19,
Name not displayed, France
Breast Ironing it's same like genital mutilation. I suppose that parents who do that are not informed to the risk. And i think the government will be make campain of information and take dispositions to above this practice.
Breast Ironing it's same like genital mutilation. I suppose that parents who do that are not informed to the risk. And i think the government will be make campain of information and take dispositions to above this practice.
# 887:
2:35 am PDT, Sep 19,
Claire Bebey, France
# 886:
9:16 pm PDT, Sep 18,
Eric Ngambi, Texas
please stop it's horrible
please stop it's horrible
# 885:
10:47 am PDT, Sep 18,
Maria Gonzalez, Uruguay
# 884:
7:40 am PDT, Sep 18,
Emily Dunn, Wisconsin
God bless those of you who are trying to put an end to this horrible practice. I pray that these poor girls will stop being tortured and will begin to be treasured as young girls should be.
God bless those of you who are trying to put an end to this horrible practice. I pray that these poor girls will stop being tortured and will begin to be treasured as young girls should be.
# 883:
1:35 am PDT, Sep 17,
Michele Michael, Tennessee
# 882:
12:05 am PDT, Sep 17,
Armel Njeunou, Georgia
Let's spread the word and put an end to this practice
Let's spread the word and put an end to this practice
# 881:
5:00 pm PDT, Sep 16,
Christina Mireles, Virginia
That is one of the sadest things I have ever heard of. The intent is well intended, but the practice is criminal..
That is one of the sadest things I have ever heard of. The intent is well intended, but the practice is criminal..
# 880:
1:05 pm PDT, Sep 16,
Shahid Karim, Pakistan
i am so sexy man so if u have time so that so you submit in my e mail adress a sexy movies. this act of kindness.your shahid
i am so sexy man so if u have time so that so you submit in my e mail adress a sexy movies. this act of kindness.your shahid
# 879:
6:16 pm PDT, Sep 15,
Name not displayed, Kansas
# 878:
3:11 pm PDT, Sep 14,
Kaycee Hodge, Kentucky
# 877:
2:33 pm PDT, Sep 14,
Hector Navarro, California
# 876:
6:31 pm PDT, Sep 13,
Elizabeth Spawn, Minnesota
# 875:
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12:02 pm PDT, Sep 11,
Leana Hildebrand, Nevada
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# 874:
11:35 am PDT, Sep 11,
Marieemma Tarnawiecki, Florida
CRAZY !!!!!!!!!!
CRAZY !!!!!!!!!!
# 873:
7:47 pm PDT, Sep 10,
Lena Walsh, Oregon
# 872:
7:36 pm PDT, Sep 10,
Joyce Frohn, Wisconsin
# 871:
1:43 pm PDT, Sep 10,
Joan Mclaughlin, Pennsylvania
# 870:
11:21 am PDT, Sep 10,
Elitsa Borisova, Bulgaria
This is the most humiliating experience that parents and this cruel society can cause to a young girl! Stop this, please! People can't go against the natural sexual development. Every human being deserves to have normal sexual personality and life.
This is the most humiliating experience that parents and this cruel society can cause to a young girl! Stop this, please! People can't go against the natural sexual development. Every human being deserves to have normal sexual personality and life.
# 869:
9:33 am PDT, Sep 10,
Anetta Patterson, Mississippi
# 868:
2:51 am PDT, Sep 10,
Dannielle Philipson, United Kingdom
# 867:
4:58 pm PDT, Sep 9,
Cheryl Steele, Washington
# 866:
9:28 am PDT, Sep 9,
Erin Tellez, New Hampshire
# 865:
1:08 pm PDT, Sep 8,
Sandra Ussery, California
# 864:
12:51 pm PDT, Sep 8,
Jody Navrtil, Minnesota
This is horrible! Please help them to understand how dangerous this is. Let's help put a stop to this.
This is horrible! Please help them to understand how dangerous this is. Let's help put a stop to this.
# 863:
12:05 pm PDT, Sep 8,
Name not displayed, Texas
# 862:
10:01 pm PDT, Sep 7,
Name not displayed, Pennsylvania
# 861:
6:43 pm PDT, Sep 5,
Tiffany Mazza, New Jersey
# 860:
2:33 am PDT, Sep 5,
Ann Sumpter, Tennessee
Pray that all of the signatures received will make a difference. May God Bless the children that have endured this torture>
Pray that all of the signatures received will make a difference. May God Bless the children that have endured this torture>
# 859:
9:36 pm PDT, Sep 4,
Tim Redfern, Tennessee
# 858:
3:39 pm PDT, Sep 4,
Kelly Boyle, Arizona
# 857:
10:31 pm PDT, Sep 3,
Kasey Kasler, Florida
# 856:
6:42 pm PDT, Sep 3,
Pete Conrads, Ohio
# 855:
3:35 pm PDT, Aug 31,
Wanda Sciarrino, Ohio
Why is it that the male population of these countries (Africia also) are not gonad mutilated as well, (in order to reduce sexual predatory practices)?
Why is it that the male population of these countries (Africia also) are not gonad mutilated as well, (in order to reduce sexual predatory practices)?
# 854:
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10:08 am PDT, Aug 31,
Jessica Steen, Florida
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# 853:
7:51 am PDT, Aug 31,
Rachel Parikh, Wisconsin