Black Women : Breast Ironing

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The UN says that 3.8 million West and Central African girls are at risk of a painful form of body mutilation know as 'breast ironing'.

In Cameroon where the practice is most widespread, 50% of adolescent girls in cities and a quarter of all girls nationwide have their breasts 'ironed,' often by their mothers.

The 'ritual' is performed by massaging the girls' chests with heated objects like stones, in order to reverse their pubescent development. The mums say it's driven by fear of unwanted male attention, rape and pre-marital pregnancies.

According to UNFPA, breast ironing exposes girls to numerous health problems such as abscesses, infections, dissymmetry of the breasts, cysts, and even the complete disappearance of one or both breasts.

Nevertheless breast ironing is widespread and interestingly, the high prevalence in cities attributed to the effects of urbanization.

In Cameroon, the Network of Aunties Association, RENATA, made up of members who have undergone the practice, is trying to stop breast ironing by drawing public attention to its dangers in radio and television spots and by disseminating leaflets.


http://current.com/items/88852332_breast-ironing.htm
 
http://www.tantines.info/tantinesgood/renata.html
RENATA : National Network of Aunties Associations

In 2009, RENATA consists of more than 200 Aunties Associations: more than 10.000 teenage mothers themselves are organized as aunties. Our target is to concretise the Millennium Development Goals on the level of the community by implementing effective and visible activities.

Our role is to:

Fight against sexual violence on adolescents.
Fight against harmful practices and all other forms of injustice that young women face.
Defend the interests of teenage mothers and advocate them in order to allow them to account for their needs.
Counselling of adolescents on difficult situations and sexual and reproductive health.
Promote and support all initiatives to valorise teenage mothers and to protect adolescents.
 

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