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What is beauty? - Global Us

December 16, 2023

Many Jamaicans lighten their skin with dangerous bleaching creams in a bid for social acceptance. Migrants and refugees fight racism with mascara and make up in a German beauty salon. Is the fashion industry changing? In Africa and Europe modeling agencies appear to be responding to the shift towards body positivity and diversity.

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Global Us — What connects us all

There are eight billion people on Earth and we are better connected than ever before. How can we make use of that? Global 3000 is now Global Us - because now, more than ever, we need to act together.

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