Kenyans protest attacks on women in miniskirts

2014-11-17 477

Hundreds of people take to the streets of Nairobi to protest a recent spate of violent attacks, targeting women for wearing mini-skirts -- or other so-called skimpy attire.

(SOUNDBITE) (English) PROTEST ORGANISER, DIANA ROSE AKELLO, SAYING:

"This is a journey of liberation. It is not just about dressing, it is about liberation of women from oppression."

Some of the attacks were captured on cell-phone videos and widely circulated over social media.

They show mobs of men surrounding the women, stripping them naked and kicking them.

This bus stop was the site of one of the attacks.

While many Kenyans are outraged, some suggest women should think before they dress.

(SOUNDBITE) (English) UNNAMED WOMAN, SAYING:

"Choice has responsibility, you cannot go dressing anyhow wherever you do. We have to be responsible as women, you cannot show as your buttocks."

And in a counter-protest, a group of men tells the protesters to "get dressed."

Free Traffic Exchange