Breast Reduction to Avoid Violence - RT Documentary

’When I woke up, I was undressed and had a headache. I asked him what had happened. He said he’d done what he wanted to do with me,’ confesses Emily, a 17-year-old Congolese girl. Her traumatic experience is familiar to many women in the Congo. Everyday, females face abuse on the streets and at home. Such harassment, however, is not recognised as something terrible. Thus, there are no shelters for victims of sexual violence, and the police don’t help. Therefore, people seek out protection from sorcerers. The girls are given a supposedly magical ritual of breast reduction to look less feminine. It consists of blows to the chest with a ‘fufu’ stick and cuts with a razor blade. The women think such cruelty will save them from violence. But does this solve the problem? Watch in our video. On International Stand Up to Bullying Day learn about the difficult fate that awaits many women in this African country in our documentary Congo’s Hell for Girls - #rt #rtdocumentary #documentary #youtube #watch #world #life #people #rtdoc #Congo #hell #victims #Africa #BullyingDay #harassment