AFRO-NETS> Ban on mini-skirts in schools (17)

[Heema Shukla <H.Shukla@westminster.ac.uk>]

Ban on mini-skirts in schools (17)
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Dear all,

Mini-skirts and teenage girls is not a new problem. I did my school-
ing in Africa and then in India in the late 60s and 70s. Even during 
those times I remember the topic of the length of the school skirt 
was a topic of hot debate in both Africa and India, that too in 
states like Bihar. We did not have the HIV/AIDS problem nor did any 
of the girls from my school get pregnant. We grew out of mini-skirts 
by the time we were freshers at college. Of course, every community 
and schools within a community should be allowed to make choices on 
what they think should be the dress code. However, one should remem-
ber that HIV/AIDS occurs in communities where women are covered from 
top to bottom. Let teenage girls be teenage girls and educate them on 
what it means to be a teenager especially a female teenager and about 
the transition to womanhood and they will grow into responsible fine 
women the community and school will be proud of.

Heema Shukla
University of Westminister
mailto:H.Shukla@westminster.ac.uk

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