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Woman is stripped and beaten by group of men because she was 'tempting them' by wearing a miniskirt in Kenya
Nearly 1,000 people took to the streets of Nairobi on Monday to protest against a series of vicious sexual assaults on women who were attacked for wearing mini-skirts or 'immodest clothing'.
One of the attacks saw a woman surrounded by dozens of men who, tore off her clothes, beat and kicked her in the genitals.
The woman had been standing at a busy stop in Nairobi's Central Business District, when the men attacked, later telling local media that she had been ‘tempting' them by being ‘indecently dressed'.
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Empowered: The #MyDressMyChoice march in Nairobi on Monday followed several sexual assaults on women blamed on the victim's choice of clothing
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Nearly 1,000 people, mainly women, protested in Nairobi today, defending their right to chose what to wear
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Fighting back: One of the organisers of the protest said she was aware of ten separate attacks across Kenya
Grainy videos of the attack taken on cellphones and circulated widely via Twitter and other social media.
One of the organisers of today's #MyDressMyChoice march said she was aware of ten separate attacks across Kenya.
The Nairobi attack, which happened in broad daylight on a busy street last week, sparked outrage in the cosmopolitan capital.
Deputy President William Ruto called the incident barbaric and Inspector General Police David Kimaiyo has appealed to the victim to come forward, local media reported.
The march on Monday, which was made up mostly of women, was an unusual public display of support for women's rights in Kenya, where sex crimes are rarely prosecuted.
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Kiss my: One young woman has a powerful message to the haters during Monday's protest
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Walking proud: The most recent incident in Nairobi saw a woman attacked at a bus stop
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The recent incident was filmed and shared on several social networks leading to a groundswell of anger that on Monday prompted around demonstrators, including a number of men supporting the women's cause, to march through the capital and protest online using the hashtag #MyDressMyChoice
'I think the reason this sparked such outrage is it was so graphic and everyone who watched it felt violated,' male artist and activist Boniface Mwangi, who donned a short dress for the march, told Reuters. 'It could have been my wife, my daughter, my mother.'
The crowd waved banners and chanted 'My Dress, My Choice', then marched across central Nairobi to a bus stop that was the site of the attack.
'African women are given a long list of things they need to do to earn respect, whereas men are respected just because they are men,' said Ciru Muriuki, a radio producer in Nairobi.
'This is our way of saying, it's my body and I can dress it any way I see fit.'
Some have taken to Twitter to defend the men using the hashtag #NudityIsNotMyChoice , however.
'An African woman should be decent,' said James Macharia, a 26-year-old student who stood watching the rally with a group of other men. 'They are provoking us. And I think we should put in place laws to curb that.'
The attacks recalled similar incidents in neighbouring Uganda, which passed an anti-pornography law last December that was widely seen as banning short skirts.
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Lewis, Leicester, United Kingdom, 43 minutes ago
These men are barbaric! So instead of looking the other way because they were apparently offended they decided instead to rip off her clothes and savagely beat her! What kind of backwards country is this?
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Cheshire, Manchester, United Kingdom, 43 minutes ago
Poor, weak men who are not able to control their sexual urges.
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Ex Guardsman, Wales, United Kingdom, 45 minutes ago
Pathetic apologies for men who clearly lack self control.
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Galahad, The Meadows, United States, about an hour ago
And women getting catcalls in New York think they have it bad.
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Ru, USA, about an hour ago
Religious nut jobs!
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frooty, London, United Kingdom, about an hour ago
All women have the right to wear what they want without the fear of violence or rape. Any man who disagrees with that is not a real man at all.
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Tomcat, MidwayupUK, United Kingdom, about an hour ago
Weird logic these people use, according to their warped ideas she was wearing an indecent skirt, so they stripped her, now if they'd covered her up it might have make sense apart from the assault that is real 'men' don't hit women for any reason.
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geordie, Newcastle, about an hour ago
Men in the dark ages............
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OldNan, Lincoln, about an hour ago
Something wrong with the men. They need educating. And offensive behaviour punished.
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Glaswegian111, Glasgow, United Kingdom, about an hour ago
Barbarians. Feminism is needed.
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Chloe-Anne, Carlow, Ireland, about an hour ago
This is absolutely disgusting! Even look at the article where the man divorces his wife because of her looks! Why are men allowed away with this in their backwards world! Glad people are protesting hope those men are punished appropriately!
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- Woman attacked by dozens of men for wearing a 'mini skirt' in Nairobi
- Men blamed victim, saying she ‘tempted them by being indecently dressed'
- Attack was filmed and shared on social media, and outrage ensued
- Today, nearly 1,000 people took part in the #MyDressMyChoice protest
Nearly 1,000 people took to the streets of Nairobi on Monday to protest against a series of vicious sexual assaults on women who were attacked for wearing mini-skirts or 'immodest clothing'.
One of the attacks saw a woman surrounded by dozens of men who, tore off her clothes, beat and kicked her in the genitals.
The woman had been standing at a busy stop in Nairobi's Central Business District, when the men attacked, later telling local media that she had been ‘tempting' them by being ‘indecently dressed'.
+6
Empowered: The #MyDressMyChoice march in Nairobi on Monday followed several sexual assaults on women blamed on the victim's choice of clothing
+6
Nearly 1,000 people, mainly women, protested in Nairobi today, defending their right to chose what to wear
+6
Fighting back: One of the organisers of the protest said she was aware of ten separate attacks across Kenya
Grainy videos of the attack taken on cellphones and circulated widely via Twitter and other social media.
One of the organisers of today's #MyDressMyChoice march said she was aware of ten separate attacks across Kenya.
The Nairobi attack, which happened in broad daylight on a busy street last week, sparked outrage in the cosmopolitan capital.
Deputy President William Ruto called the incident barbaric and Inspector General Police David Kimaiyo has appealed to the victim to come forward, local media reported.
The march on Monday, which was made up mostly of women, was an unusual public display of support for women's rights in Kenya, where sex crimes are rarely prosecuted.
+6
Kiss my: One young woman has a powerful message to the haters during Monday's protest
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Walking proud: The most recent incident in Nairobi saw a woman attacked at a bus stop
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The recent incident was filmed and shared on several social networks leading to a groundswell of anger that on Monday prompted around demonstrators, including a number of men supporting the women's cause, to march through the capital and protest online using the hashtag #MyDressMyChoice
'I think the reason this sparked such outrage is it was so graphic and everyone who watched it felt violated,' male artist and activist Boniface Mwangi, who donned a short dress for the march, told Reuters. 'It could have been my wife, my daughter, my mother.'
The crowd waved banners and chanted 'My Dress, My Choice', then marched across central Nairobi to a bus stop that was the site of the attack.
'African women are given a long list of things they need to do to earn respect, whereas men are respected just because they are men,' said Ciru Muriuki, a radio producer in Nairobi.
'This is our way of saying, it's my body and I can dress it any way I see fit.'
Some have taken to Twitter to defend the men using the hashtag #NudityIsNotMyChoice , however.
'An African woman should be decent,' said James Macharia, a 26-year-old student who stood watching the rally with a group of other men. 'They are provoking us. And I think we should put in place laws to curb that.'
The attacks recalled similar incidents in neighbouring Uganda, which passed an anti-pornography law last December that was widely seen as banning short skirts.
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Lewis, Leicester, United Kingdom, 43 minutes ago
These men are barbaric! So instead of looking the other way because they were apparently offended they decided instead to rip off her clothes and savagely beat her! What kind of backwards country is this?
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179
Click to rate
Cheshire, Manchester, United Kingdom, 43 minutes ago
Poor, weak men who are not able to control their sexual urges.
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141
Click to rate
Ex Guardsman, Wales, United Kingdom, 45 minutes ago
Pathetic apologies for men who clearly lack self control.
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126
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Galahad, The Meadows, United States, about an hour ago
And women getting catcalls in New York think they have it bad.
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71
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Ru, USA, about an hour ago
Religious nut jobs!
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73
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frooty, London, United Kingdom, about an hour ago
All women have the right to wear what they want without the fear of violence or rape. Any man who disagrees with that is not a real man at all.
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104
Click to rate
Tomcat, MidwayupUK, United Kingdom, about an hour ago
Weird logic these people use, according to their warped ideas she was wearing an indecent skirt, so they stripped her, now if they'd covered her up it might have make sense apart from the assault that is real 'men' don't hit women for any reason.
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76
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geordie, Newcastle, about an hour ago
Men in the dark ages............
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OldNan, Lincoln, about an hour ago
Something wrong with the men. They need educating. And offensive behaviour punished.
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57
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Glaswegian111, Glasgow, United Kingdom, about an hour ago
Barbarians. Feminism is needed.
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45
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Chloe-Anne, Carlow, Ireland, about an hour ago
This is absolutely disgusting! Even look at the article where the man divorces his wife because of her looks! Why are men allowed away with this in their backwards world! Glad people are protesting hope those men are punished appropriately!
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85
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