{"id":65946,"date":"2014-11-17T16:59:56","date_gmt":"2014-11-17T16:59:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=65946"},"modified":"2014-11-17T16:59:56","modified_gmt":"2014-11-17T16:59:56","slug":"kenya-protest-miniskirt-attack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=65946","title":{"rendered":"Kenya protest over miniskirt attack"},"content":{"rendered":"<p id=\"story_continues_1\" class=\"introduction\">At least 200 people have protested in Kenya&#8217;s capital, Nairobi, after a group of men tore off a woman&#8217;s clothes for wearing a miniskirt.<\/p>\n<p>The protesters chanted &#8220;Shame on you&#8221; and handed out flowers at a bus rank where the attack took place, the BBC&#8217;s Anne Soy reports from the scene.<\/p>\n<p>At a rival demonstration, about 20 men chanted &#8220;Dress up. We don&#8217;t want this.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Kenya is a conservative society, where activists complain that women&#8217;s rights are often violated, our reporter says.<\/p>\n<p>A mother&#8217;s group, Kilimani Mums, organised the protest after a video of the attack went viral on social media last week.<\/p>\n<div class=\"caption full-width\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/news.bbcimg.co.uk\/media\/images\/79071000\/jpg\/_79071074_undress2.jpg\" alt=\"Protest in Nairobi, Kenya, over a woman being stripped for wearing a miniskirt (17 November 2014)\" width=\"624\" height=\"351\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"caption full-width\">Activists say the government has not done enough to protect the rights of women<\/div>\n<div class=\"caption full-width\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/news.bbcimg.co.uk\/media\/images\/79071000\/jpg\/_79071753_b2o2st4icaawki4-1.jpg\" alt=\"Protest in Nairobi, Kenya, over a woman being stripped for wearing a miniskirt (17 November 2014)\" width=\"624\" height=\"351\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"caption full-width\">Both Christians and Muslims took part in the protest<\/div>\n<p>It sparked outrage among Kenyans, with the hashtags#MydressMychoice and #strippingshame trending on Twitter on Saturday and Sunday, the local Daily Nation newspaper reports.<\/p>\n<p>Deputy President William Ruto entered the debate, saying Kenya was not a &#8220;primitive&#8221; society and the men who stripped the woman should be arrested.<\/p>\n<p>Both men and women, some dressed in miniskirts, marched to the bus rank and the offices of police chief David Kimaiyo, demanding an end to violence against women.<\/p>\n<p>Protesters accused taxi touts of stripping the woman.<\/p>\n<p>Rival protesters gathered outside Mr Kimaiyo&#8217;s office, and were joined by a conservative Christian group chanting: &#8220;We are a God-fearing nation.&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Kimaiyo has appealed to the unnamed woman to lodge an official complaint with police so that the incident can be investigated.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Source: BBC<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At least 200 people have protested in Kenya&#8217;s capital, Nairobi, after a group of men tore off a woman&#8217;s clothes for wearing a miniskirt. The protesters chanted &#8220;Shame on you&#8221; and handed out flowers at a bus rank where the attack took place, the BBC&#8217;s Anne Soy reports from the scene. 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