The 51%

The failure of Ivory Coast's ban on skin-lightening products


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How the ban on skin-lightening products in Ivory Coast has not stopped thousands of women from buying these creams. This as health officials warn of risks such as diabetes and hypertension. Also we head to the Anbar region in Iraq which is undergoing massive reconstruction after the collapse of the Islamic State group and where local women are attempting to pursue interests outside of the family home. Plus a Paris photographic exhibition celebrates the work of famed author, Annie Ernaux, who became the first French woman to win the Nobel Prize for Literature.

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