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January 7 2014 , Written by Ola Fagbohun Published on #ReadingNow

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Empowering girls to speak out against breast ironing

Elizabeth Mbu kept her secret for 16 years. Aged 11, her mother kneaded her naked, developing breasts with a hot stone twice a week to stop them growing. "Each time I cried as it was really painful," she says. "I didn't understand what was going on, but it was very difficult to speak about."

http://www.theguardian.com/global-development-professionals-network/2014/jan/07/empowering-girls-testify-breast-ironing

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