No more prosecution for wearing trousers in public-Sudanese Women

After 30 years of the repressive Bashir's dictatorial regime in Sudan, the transitional government repealed a public order law that granted police powers to arrest women based on what they wear, who they meet, where they go or how they conduct themselves in public. Punishment for not abiding the law includes flogging, fined and in some cases stoning or even execution. The laws were primarily targetted to suppress women, their rights and freedom of expression. The irony remains while one part of the world talks about equal pay at work, the other is fighting to have their fundamental right to dress as they want, how they want in public.

Women across the globe are celebrating the victory of their fellow Sudanese women, while they continue to fight their own battle, their struggle.

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