Women gathered in Kampala, the capital of Uganda to protest against the new law being passed in the country for banning females from wearing miniskirts.

BBC News reported that Police watched around 200 women gather near the national theater after been stopped from protesting on the streets of Kampala.

One of the woman’s poster read: “My body My business”, while a woman beside her held a placard written “thou shalt not touch my miniskirt” on it.

The protests started after the reports came, stating that police was forcing women to undress themselves by removing their mini-skirts in public.

In the past week, there have been many incidents where women in skirts have been assaulted and harassed in public. This all started after the President signed an anti-pornography bill and banning “indecent” clothing in December.

An event organizer claimed that she was harassed in the Police Headquarters when she wanted to go in to take permission for holding the march.

“I was wearing a dress I considered official. Policeman after policeman – low-ranking, high-ranking – they each told me, ‘You cannot enter this place in that miniskirt,’” Patience Akumu told the BBC.
Ms Akumu told reporters that she was “manhandled” by police officers and they also confiscated her mobile when she took their photos.

“Mob…undressing” was the statement issued in public by the police.

The minister of Ethics and Integrity, Simon Lokodo had ordered to arrest women who wore “anything above the knee”.

The law called “Mini-Skirt Law” was proposed in Parliament on 25th of February 2014 after the high numbers of cases registered were for harassment and assault.

Although the law doesn’t mentions the term “miniskirt” clearly, but it bans women for exposing their buttocks & thighs, breasts and also from “dressing indecently in a manner to sexually excite”.

Rita Achiro, Executive Director of the Uganda Women’s Network, told the BBC that she and her organization will be take a legal action as the constitution of country guarantees that males and females should be treated equally.

She also said, “Now people are more free to do it [abuse women] openly. They are going to judge women according to what they see as indecent because there are no parameters defined by law. That has really put women at risk in this country.”