#breast ironing
Heba Khamis, a 29-year-old photojournalist, has become the first Egyptian to win a World Press Photo Award. She received the award for her photo series, "Banned Beauty", which highlights the practice of breast ironing in Cameroon. Winning first place for stories in the contemporary issues category, the project shows how young Cameroonian girls between the ages of eight and 12 years old have their breasts ironed with hot objects, in the belief that it will halt maturity, prevent rape,…
