The Law Development Centre in Kampala – where a student says she was stopped from entering because her knee-length skirt was deemed “too short” – says it has not received a formal complaint about the incident.
But a press officer for the LDC said there was a dress code in place and women are supposed to wear skirts that reach the knee.
Female students are supposed to dress “in a modest way that lends itself to the dignity of the legal profession”, Hamis Lukyamuzi said.
He said this was aimed at ensuring students were dressed professionally and not intended as a way of controlling women’s bodies.
Joanine Nanyange then took it to Social Media to protest what she believes as unjust treatment. Below is her post on Facebook and it has been shared by many on other social media platforms.
