Tshireletso vows to end Parley sexist dress code

Tuesday, May 30, 2017

Following the recent incident in which a young woman was stripped naked at the Gaborone Bus Rank, the Assistant Minister of Local Government and Rural Development Botlogile Tshireletso, who is also the chairperson of Parliamentary Caucus On Women (PCOW), has promised to end the sexist dress code in parliament.

Parliament has a dress code that prohibits women from attending sessions putting on jeans and short skirts or dresses and yesterday the PCOW condemned what transpired recently at the bus rank.

Members of the media challenged the PCOW to address parliament’s sexist dress code first before they could condemn what is happening else where.

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