World It's time to fight traditions that harm women's health: WHO

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LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Some of the major health problems faced by women in developing countries are caused by "terrible" traditions that must be stopped, said the head of public health at the World Health Organisation (WHO).

Traditions such as child marriage or female genital mutilation (FGM), widely practised in some communities, contribute to high maternal mortality rates in some poor countries where girls as young as 13 get married and give birth.

Tackling traditions that can be detrimental to health and backing those changes by legislation are essential to protecting women and girls, Maria Neira told the Thomson Reuters Foundation.

"A tradition that forces a girl to get married at 13 is a bad tradition," Neira said on the sidelines of a London event on maternal mortality and access to water and sanitation. "It's time to fight all of those traditions."
Customs like child marriage mean that teenage girls get pregnant and give birth, often before their bodies are ready, and often in clinics without basic facilities like clean water or toilets.

 
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Easy to say for people who do not have this tradition. It would only mean something if the people from those countries would rally behind this idea.
 

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Should have been done long ago !
They shouldn't even had "such a fucked up idea in the beginning"
 

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Back in the day, they never thought that was a bad idea. Even if you have this opinion, you still cannot rewrite history and say that's not suppose to happen. It happened, and there's nothing you can do about the past.
 
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