<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:blogger='http://schemas.google.com/blogger/2008' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005" xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3397916982915337979</id><updated>2025-07-18T19:49:40.264-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Stop Force-Feeding Girls in Mauritania</title><subtitle type='html'></subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://womeninmauritania.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3397916982915337979/posts/default?redirect=false'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://womeninmauritania.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Brenda Parks</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06353952183846782832</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='27' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgarbzDcMzcIx2pmpUp514ydl-Gxg7W21rtJLltw34WHNBWxc4wFHHJOAK64D-eKb3fsnQNpGB_7IBC6SqlMf08GGdk5um5Sd4Y-OxiaDKKYiBMTIk0Hbhf2de7eQCf6jrEbqhuMe-4orAf_rIZO0TLb5PiCQlm5AztCO2hiMtUEPA1CQ/s1600/unnamed.jpg'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>1</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3397916982915337979.post-8297203675681318441</id><published>2010-04-10T21:49:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-04-14T17:50:00.239-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type="text">While I respect the cultural diversity of our world, my heart truly bleeds for my global sisters in Mauritania.  Why?  Because I don&#39;t feel that anyone, male or female should be subjected to torture and condemned to a life of poor health. In Mauritania, men regard fat women as beautiful and desirable. As a result, young girls in this African nation are brutally force-fed in a centuries old </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://womeninmauritania.blogspot.com/feeds/8297203675681318441/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment/fullpage/post/3397916982915337979/8297203675681318441' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3397916982915337979/posts/default/8297203675681318441'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3397916982915337979/posts/default/8297203675681318441'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://womeninmauritania.blogspot.com/2010/04/in-mauritania-men-regard-fat-women-as.html' title=''/><author><name>Brenda Parks</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06353952183846782832</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='27' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgarbzDcMzcIx2pmpUp514ydl-Gxg7W21rtJLltw34WHNBWxc4wFHHJOAK64D-eKb3fsnQNpGB_7IBC6SqlMf08GGdk5um5Sd4Y-OxiaDKKYiBMTIk0Hbhf2de7eQCf6jrEbqhuMe-4orAf_rIZO0TLb5PiCQlm5AztCO2hiMtUEPA1CQ/s1600/unnamed.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry></feed>