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Algerian women buzz social media with skirt protest
Algerian women buzz social media with skirt protest
Algerian women buzz social media with skirt protest
Algerian women buzz social media with skirt protest
To protest the incident, Sofia Djama, an Algerian filmmaker, created a Facebook page titled “Ma dignite n’est pas dans la longueur de ma jupe” (My dignity isn’t in the length of my skirt).
Algerian women buzz social media with skirt protest
Just last month the hashtag #IWearMySkirtTheWayIWant was being used in protest of a separate incident in France. A young girl was forbidden from entering middle school because her skirt’s length was judged too long and was considered a religious symbol, which is banned in public schools in France.
Algerian women buzz social media with skirt protest
“The female body becomes a battleground whenever a country is in a mess. By staying silent, we lose what little we have gained and the condition for women in public spaces starts to deteriorate. Nowadays, verbal abuse has become daily and routine. Women are harassed all the time in the capital, Algiers, whether they’re wearing a skirt or trousers. Even showing your arms has become a problem, but women still do it. At worst, you feel someone’s wandering hand. At best, someone makes a remark,” she said.
Algerian women buzz social media with skirt protest
Algerian women buzz social media with skirt protest
Algerian women buzz social media with skirt protest
With more than 13,000 “likes,” the webpage went viral. “This page has to continue its fight even after the incident. I’d like it to be a witness to the issues women confront in their daily life. I will consider it successful when everyone takes ownership of it. It is not just about showing off legs, the problem is somewhere else,” Djama said to France 24.
Algerian women buzz social media with skirt protest
Thousands of Algerian women - as well as some men and international contributors – have been posting photos of their legs to show their support to the young student and shine a light on social issues Algerian women confront every day.
Algerian women buzz social media with skirt protest
Algerian women buzz social media with skirt protest
Skirts, as it seems, have turned into a symbol of women’s freedom to wear whatever they want to.
Algerian women buzz social media with skirt protest
Algerian women buzz social media with skirt protest
Algerian women buzz social media with skirt protest
Algerian women buzz social media with skirt protest
Algerian women buzz social media with skirt protest
Algerian women buzz social media with skirt protest
Algerian women buzz social media with skirt protest
Algerian women buzz social media with skirt protest
Algerian women buzz social media with skirt protest
Algerian women buzz social media with skirt protest
Algerian women buzz social media with skirt protest
The university’s headmaster supported the exam monitor’s decision on May 9 by claiming the school rules required a “decent wardrobe” inside the establishment.
Algerian women buzz social media with skirt protest
Algerian women buzz social media with skirt protest
Algerian women buzz social media with skirt protest
Algerian women buzz social media with skirt protest
Algerian women buzz social media with skirt protest
Click through for more photos of the protest or visit the link to read more on France 24: http://observers.france24.com/content/20150515-algerians-legs-facebook-short-skirt
Algerian women buzz social media with skirt protest
Algerian women buzz social media with skirt protest
Algerian women buzz social media with skirt protest
Algerian women buzz social media with skirt protest
Algerian women buzz social media with skirt protest
Algerian women buzz social media with skirt protest
Algerian women buzz social media with skirt protest
Algerian women buzz social media with skirt protest
Algerian women buzz social media with skirt protest
Algerian women buzz social media with skirt protest
Algerian women buzz social media with skirt protest
Algerian women buzz social media with skirt protest
Algerian women buzz social media with skirt protest
Algerian women buzz social media with skirt protest
Algerian women buzz social media with skirt protest
Algerian women buzz social media with skirt protest
Algerian women buzz social media with skirt protest
Algerian women buzz social media with skirt protest
Algerian women buzz social media with skirt protest
Algerian women buzz social media with skirt protest
Algerian women buzz social media with skirt protest
Algerian women buzz social media with skirt protest
Algerian women buzz social media with skirt protest
Thousands of Algerian women have given a leg up to a student who failed a university exam after authorities concluded that her skirt was too short.
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