Wear shorts in corridors, cover heads with dupatta at dinner: AMU girls battle sexist rules in hostels

October 09, 2016 14:43

Across several states, girls in hostels are battling patriarchal rules that prevent them from being out late in the evening and force them to adhere to a dress code, among other oppressive rules.

In Bhopals Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology (MANIT), girls staged a demonstration against a ban on wearing miniskirts, nightgowns and shorts in the campus, dining room and hostel office area.

At Chennais Thiruvananthapuram Engineering College, girls protested the 6.30pm deadline, arguing that it prevented them from accessing the library that functioned till 8.30pm. When activists rallied behind their cause, college authorities were forced to roll back the deadline.

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