The schoolgirls and sportswomen resisting France’s abaya ban

29 Nov

This story is taken from the winter 2023 issue of Dazed. Pre-order a replica of the magazine here. On September 5, 2023, Aisha* woke up and placed on a floaty, sleeveless dress for her second day back to high school after the summer holidays. It was per week since a memorandum had been sent out by the French minister of education and youth, Gabriel Attal, banning pupils from wearing the abaya (an extended, loose-fitting dress) or qamis (an extended, loose-fitting men’s shirt) in state schools. Just a few hours after Aisha arrived at her highschool in Lyon, she was called to the chief educational advisor’s office in the midst of class. Suspecting something was mistaken...

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23 Nov

Ban on Animal Testing for Cosmetics Loses Ground in

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Ban on Animal Testing for Cosmetics Loses Ground in

PARIS – Symrise has lost an appeal against a European Chemicals Agency, or ECHA, decision requiring animal testing on cosmetics ingredients. The choice handed down Wednesday to the German fragrance and flavors supplier by the European Court of Justice’s General Court requires animal testing on two formerly approved ingredients used exclusively in sunscreens – UV filter homosalate and 2-ethylhexyl salicylate. “This decision renders the European Union and United Kingdom bans on animal testing for cosmetics virtually meaningless, as animal testing requirements to analyse the protection of latest chemicals – as specified by the EU’s fundamental chemicals laws, REACH, and enforced by the European Chemicals Agency, ECHA – have been adjudged to take precedence over the bans on the testing of...

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14 Oct

Glitter Ban Poised to Start within the European Union

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Glitter Ban Poised to Start within the European Union

THE SPARKLE DIMS: Want to duplicate the sparkly lips models sported down the recent Marni runway in Paris? Glitter bugs beware: starting Tuesday, it should turn out to be harder to purchase loose paillettes throughout the European Union. That's due to European Commission’s ban on the usage of microplastics, including in cosmetics and household goods. The law got here into effect mid-August, but transition periods vary for various product categories. “The sale of microplastics by itself, or in products for which no transitional period is laid down, is banned as of 17 October 2023,” in keeping with a commission spokesperson. “That is the case of plastic glitter — loose plastic glitter.” People took to social media to indicate how it will affect them....

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3 Sep

What the Taliban’s beauty salon ban means for Afghan

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What the Taliban’s beauty salon ban means for Afghan

In early July, the Taliban ordered the closure of beauty salons and gave salon owners given a month to shut their doors. Beauty salons were also ordered to shut when the Taliban was last in power, between 1996 and 2001, but many reopened after the US-led invasion of Afghanistan. Many remained open even after US forces withdrew from the country in 2021 and the Taliban regained power. They provided women with jobs, services, and a community space to fulfill and connect with other women – spaces which are already hard to return by for Afghan women. It’s estimated that these closures will lead to a loss of around 60,000 jobs (the vast majority of that are women), cutting off their income...

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