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Related: About this forumFemale tourists should not wear skirts in India, says tourism minister
Source: The Guardian
Female tourists should not wear skirts in India, says tourism minister
Foreign arrivals issued with welcome kit including safety advice
for women, after high-profile assaults
Michael Safi in Delhi
Monday 29 August 2016 12.29 BST
Indias tourism minister has said foreign women should not wear skirts or walk alone at night in the countrys small towns and cities for their own safety.
Discussing tourist security in the north Indian city of Agra, site of the Taj Mahal, Mahesh Sharma said foreign arrivals to India were issued a welcome kit that included safety advice for women.
In that kit they are given dos and donts, he said on Sunday. These are very small things like, they should not venture out alone at night in small places, or wear skirts, and they should click the photo of the vehicle number plate whenever they travel and send it to friends.
He added: For their own safety, women foreign tourists should not wear short dresses and skirts ... Indian culture is different from the western.
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Foreign arrivals issued with welcome kit including safety advice
for women, after high-profile assaults
Michael Safi in Delhi
Monday 29 August 2016 12.29 BST
Indias tourism minister has said foreign women should not wear skirts or walk alone at night in the countrys small towns and cities for their own safety.
Discussing tourist security in the north Indian city of Agra, site of the Taj Mahal, Mahesh Sharma said foreign arrivals to India were issued a welcome kit that included safety advice for women.
In that kit they are given dos and donts, he said on Sunday. These are very small things like, they should not venture out alone at night in small places, or wear skirts, and they should click the photo of the vehicle number plate whenever they travel and send it to friends.
He added: For their own safety, women foreign tourists should not wear short dresses and skirts ... Indian culture is different from the western.
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Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/aug/29/india-female-tourists-skirts-safety-advice
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Female tourists should not wear skirts in India, says tourism minister (Original Post)
Eugene
Aug 2016
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MynameisBlarney
(2,979 posts)1. Or, just don't go to India at all.
Seeing as how they are already blaming the female tourists before they even get there.
niyad
(113,364 posts)3. that is an excellent idea
niyad
(113,364 posts)2. k and r
niyad
(113,364 posts)4. Indian culture is different from the western.” no, you are talking rape culture, you
misogynistic little prick. how about doing something about the MEN???? and a culture that says it is okay to attack, rape, mutilate and murder women?? but, nooooooo, you have to make it the responsibility of the women. a great big FU to this piece of filth.