Driving to work I heard a call-in radio show about a woman who had been stripped naked in the streets because her dress was seen as indecent.

Not one of the perpetrators of the stripping had been arrested, even though witnesses had taken photos and videos and posted them all over social media. Callers expressed the opinion that the woman had gotten what she deserved.

“Women have gone too far with their dressing; a woman’s thighs are only for her husband to see,” one caller said.

So upset by this and similar comments, for the rest of the day all I did was research ways I could do something to highlight this injustice. By the end of that day, a movement was born!

A few weeks later I joined over 20 women and men who diverted traffic and marched down one of Lusaka’s busiest roads chanting the words “DON’T MINIMIZE ME” – referring to complaints about mini-skirts as well as to the attitude towards woman that such assaults epitomize.