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South Africa: Charges over secret breast milk filming

29 June 2017 Africa

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 A woman has taken a male colleague to court in South Africa, alleging he secretly filmed
her as she expressed breast milk at her workplace.

The man, who has been been suspended by the University of Cape Town, is alleged to have set
up a live link in a private room at the institution on 13 June.

The woman wrote in a blog she was angry that providing food for her baby was "sexualised in
such a cowardly way".

The man has been charged and further investigations are being carried out.

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Western Cape police have confirmed that a case of crimen injuria - the intentional harming of
someone's dignity - is being investigated against the 38-year old university employee.

Local media quoted the mother sharing her "disgust" at the act. She had been in what she
thought was a "safe, locked space" expressing milk, when she noticed that she was being
filmed.

"I'm disgusted that we live in a world where mothers, no matter how they choose to feed their
children, are victimised for being vulnerable."

There has been a global push for companies to provide special areas for women to breastfeed.

Kenyan firms to help breastfeeding

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