{"id":32813,"date":"2024-04-08T12:49:35","date_gmt":"2024-04-08T19:49:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/?p=32813"},"modified":"2024-04-08T12:49:37","modified_gmt":"2024-04-08T19:49:37","slug":"skin-whitening-trend-continues-in-ivory-coast-despite-ban","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/2024\/04\/08\/skin-whitening-trend-continues-in-ivory-coast-despite-ban\/","title":{"rendered":"SKIN-WHITENING TREND CONTINUES IN IVORY COAST, DESPITE BAN"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Issued on:\u00a006\/04\/2024 \u2013 France24.com<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Skin-whitening trend continues in Ivory Coast, despite ban \u2022 FRANCE 24 English\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/SZl9YA-Jn7Y?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>By:<a href=\"https:\/\/www.france24.com\/en\/author\/justice-baidoo\/\">Justice BAIDOO<\/a>|<a href=\"https:\/\/www.france24.com\/en\/author\/antonia-kerrigan\/\">Antonia KERRIGAN<\/a>|<a href=\"https:\/\/www.france24.com\/en\/author\/damien-koffi\/\">Damien KOFFI<\/a>|<a href=\"https:\/\/www.france24.com\/en\/author\/m-ma-camara\/\">M\u2019ma CAMARA<\/a>|Julia GUGGENHEIM <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Eight years after a national ban on skin-whitening products came into force in Ivory Coast, the trend continues to boom despite its health risks. Half of Abidjan\u2019s women are known to engage in skin depigmentation, which can lead to serious health issues such as diabetes and hypertension. NGOs are denouncing what they see as a lack of political will from authorities to tackle the problem. FRANCE 24\u2019s Julia Guggenheim, Damien Koffi, M\u2019ma Camara and Justice Baidoo report, with Antonia Kerrigan.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Issued on:\u00a006\/04\/2024 \u2013 France24.com By:Justice BAIDOO|Antonia KERRIGAN|Damien KOFFI|M\u2019ma CAMARA|Julia GUGGENHEIM Eight years after a national ban on skin-whitening products came into force in Ivory Coast, the trend continues to boom despite its health risks. Half of Abidjan\u2019s women are known to engage in skin depigmentation, which can lead to serious&#8230; <a class=\"continue-reading-link\" href=\"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/2024\/04\/08\/skin-whitening-trend-continues-in-ivory-coast-despite-ban\/\"> Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr; <\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32813"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=32813"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32813\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":32815,"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32813\/revisions\/32815"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32813"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=32813"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=32813"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}