{"id":2802,"date":"2012-07-27T04:28:19","date_gmt":"2012-07-27T04:28:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/kenyan-school-girls-win-mini-skirt-battle\/"},"modified":"2012-07-27T05:08:07","modified_gmt":"2012-07-27T05:08:07","slug":"kenyan-school-girls-win-mini-skirt-battle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/kenyan-school-girls-win-mini-skirt-battle\/","title":{"rendered":"Kenyan School Girls Win Mini Skirt Battle"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-1574 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/nnnmn.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<p>{{On 9th July IGIHE had reported that over 400 students of Rwathia Girls Secondary school in Kenya had gone on strike demanding for short skirts \u2019appealing\u2019 uniform.}}<\/p>\n<p>The girls have won the battle for shorter skirts as the long ones suggested by the school administration, and which they rejected, will now be replaced with shorter ones.<\/p>\n<p>The Kenyan Education Minister Mutula Kilonzo says the girls at Rwathia Secondary School can breathe a sigh of relief as the length of their skirts has been \u201cminimised\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Mutula on Thursday displayed three sets of skirts for the girls, with various lengths and designs, and indicated the \u201capproved\u201d one.<\/p>\n<p>The minister showed skirts that the girls rejected, the ones they used to wear and what was agreed upon at his offices in Jogoo House, Nairobi.<\/p>\n<p>The demands of the girls have been granted and supported by the Kenyan Constitution in particular the Bill of Rights, Article 53 (2) that states: \u201cA child\u2019s best interests are of paramount importance in every matter concerning the child.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The skirt length was approved after a meeting among the school administration, the girls and the Ministry of Education officials.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this Month, the furious girls brokeout of school very early Monday morning(9th July) in a peaceful protest demanding for shorter skirts (mini) as opposed to the long skirts (max) introduced as their new school uniform.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>{{On 9th July IGIHE had reported that over 400 students of Rwathia Girls Secondary school in Kenya had gone on strike demanding for short skirts \u2019appealing\u2019 uniform.}} The girls have won the battle for shorter skirts as the long ones suggested by the school administration, and which they rejected, will now be replaced with shorter [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[75],"byline":[334],"hashtag":[],"class_list":["post-2802","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-homenews","byline-igihe-reporter"],"bylines":[{"id":334,"name":"IGIHE Reporter","slug":"igihe-reporter","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":null}],"contributors":[{"id":334,"name":"IGIHE Reporter","slug":"igihe-reporter","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":null}],"featured_image":null,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2802","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2802"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2802\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2802"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2802"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2802"},{"taxonomy":"byline","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/byline?post=2802"},{"taxonomy":"hashtag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hashtag?post=2802"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}