A crowd of around 1,000 women marched the streets of Nairobi, Kenya, to fight for their right to dress how they choose to, BBC reported.
The protest was conducted in response to the growing number of cases involving public attacks on women because of their clothes.
In the latest incident, women wearing mini-skirts were assaulted by a group of men in Mombasa and Nairobi. The women were stripped and beaten in public because they were perceived as being immodest.
Videos of the attacks taken using mobile devices were uploaded on various social media sites.
During the protest, participants waved banners and shouted "My Dress, My Choice" to raise public awareness regarding violence against women. The protesters also demanded that local officials and law enforcers take action against those who attacked the women.
Ciru Muriuki, a female radio producer, said violence against women stems from country's unequal depiction of the social roles of males and females, according to Reuters.
"African women are given a long list of things they need to do to earn respect, whereas men are respected just because they are men," she said. This is our way of saying, it's my body and I can dress it any way I see fit."
Boniface Mwangi, a male activist and artist, wore a dress and joined the female protesters to show his support.
"I think the reason this sparked such outrage is it was so graphic and everyone who watched it felt violated," he said. "It could have been my wife, my daughter, my mother."
Despite the impressive public demonstration, some of the people who were watching the protest criticized the movement and even defended the group of men who were filmed while attacking the women.
26-year-old student James Macharia said that women should dress appropriately to avoid provoking those around them.
"An African woman should be decent," he said. "They're provoking us. And I think we should put in place laws to curb that."
