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Sunday, 5 October 2014

Women Go On Mini Skirt March In Harare Zimbabwe To Protest Sexual Harassment (PHOTOS)



Women organise ‘mini skirt march’




On the 4th of October 2014 Zimbabwean women took to the streets of Harare to protest against the sexual harassment they face at the hands of minibus taxi drivers and conductors, known locally in slang as ‘MaHwindi’. 

The march, organised by a Women Rights lobby group, Katswe Sistahood, is meant to send a message to the touts that women have a right to dress the way they like.

The Mini-Skirt March saw a few hundred women taking to the streets, here are some of the pictures from the event taken by various Twitter users below.,




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Women’s rights lobby group Katswe Sistahood director Ms Talent Jumo said women and girls have been suffering for far too long, adding that touts had no right to sexually harass women. - See more at: http://nehandaradio.com/2014/10/04/women-organise-mini-skirt-march/#sthash.E1Q1Qwbz.dpuf

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