Zeynep Beshiriyaou
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Global News Podcast
Turkey protests: More than 1,000 people arrested in 5 days
So a lot of people link light skin to beauty or wealth. Women tend to shield, as they call it, shield their children from that discrimination by bleaching them from childbirth. Some of these women even go to the extent of taking injections while they are pregnant just so they can give birth to lighter skin children.
Global News Podcast
Turkey protests: More than 1,000 people arrested in 5 days
They can have severe rashes all over their bodies. We've also had cases of first-degree burn. It can also affect their kidney, which we call the nephrotic syndrome.