Sudanese woman describes her fight against Sudan's strict dress laws
A Sudanese woman in Khartoum hides her face behind a veil Source: Getty / Eric Lafforgue/Art in All of Us
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As people in Iran protest over the country's strict dress laws, another woman - this time from Sudan - looks back at how that country has policed women's dress. In 1991, a law was introduced in Sudan which was used to control how women acted and dressed in public. Amiera Osman Hamed was arrested and fined for wearing trousers in 2002.
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