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Female Circumcision in the Ivory Coast
Thirty practitioners of female circumcision in Abidjan have publicly laid down their blades, knives and scissors. This is the result of a campaign led by the National Organisation for the Child, the Woman and the Family.

The decision by the thirty to give up their trade during a ceremony in Abidjan marked the first instance in which ONEF had managed to convince some of the 75 identified circumcises working in Abidjan to quit. They had been circumcising girls and women despite the fact that circumcision was banned in 1998.

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2003 Anti French protests
In 2003, thousands of women surrounded the French embassy in the Ivory Coast capital, Abidjan, angered by a French brokered peace plan.

The women, dressed in the national colours of orange, green and white waved tree branches and shouted "Chirac, liar".

This was a demonstration by supporters of President Laurent Gbagbo, accusing the French of forcing him to share power with rebels.