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Genevieve Ndjessa gestures in front of her house in Douala, Cameroon, November 3, 2013. Genevieve’s daughter Julie Ndjessa, whose breasts were ironed by her mother when she was 16, now gives weekly education session about breast ironing and rape to girls in their family living room. New government research shows that ‘breast ironing,’ where the breasts of young girls are flattened using a hot stone, has seen a 50 percent decline since it was first accidentally uncovered during a 2005 survey by the German Technical Cooperation Agency (GTZ) on rape and incest in Cameroon. Picture taken November 3, 2013. REUTERS/Joe Penney (CAMEROON – Tags: SOCIETY HEALTH) – RTX174CH