The practice involves ironing a girl's chest with hot objects to delay breasts from growing
Conservative MP Nicky Morgan said teachers must also be educated, as they have a"very important role to play"."Kinaya" - whose name we have changed - lives in the UK.
It is often the child's mother who will undertake the breast ironing, which usually involves heating a stone or spoon on a flame then pressing, massaging or flattening the breast."You're not even allowed to cry out. If you do, you [are said to] have brought shame to your family, you are not a 'strong girl'."When her eldest turned 10, her mother proposed that she be breast ironed.
One woman told the Victoria Derbyshire programme she only realised breast ironing was not normal when she discovered her body looked different to her classmates during a PE class at her UK school, which led her to become distressed. Kiri Tunks, joint president of the National Education Union, is now calling for school staff - and in particular PE teachers - to be taught how to notice the signs.as part of compulsory relationships and sex education classes in secondary schools.
Those working with girls and young women should also be taught to recognise that breast ironing is taking place in the UK, she continued, and to be able to"advise the young person on what action they need to take".One woman,"Simone", told the Victoria Derbyshire programme she was breast ironed aged 13 when her mum found out that she was gay.
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