Get your priorities right, seems to be the message from the Asian Development Bank (ADB) to the media. The Asian Development Bank's 46th Annual Meeting of the Board of Governors in Delhi NCR that started from May 2 and is scheduled to continue till May 5 has been in the news not for its mandate or the agenda set for the meet. It has rather grabbed headlines with respect to a supposed advisory in which ADB apparently asked its women delegates "to dress modestly, with legs and shoulders covered" to avoid sexual harassment. "Men should always wear a shirt in public, and avoid shorts away from beach areas...," the advisory read. More than 5000 delegates from 60 different countries are attending the meet.
The advisory also allegedly labelled Indians as 'curious' people, adding that asking people about their family, job, income and other personal matters came naturally to Indians and was not considered a 'nosey' taboo.
But Ann Quon, the head of external relations at ADB, in a blog on the ADB website, dismissed this as a significant castigation of India, saying that "our efforts to provide useful information to delegates about India on travel, health requirements and visas with links to relevant websites, have unravelled. A link to an independent (non-ADB) website on attire advising women to dress modestly with legs covered and that "trousers are acceptable but shorts and short skirts are not" has raised hackles. Upon closer inspection, we discover the web link was inadvertently
03:16 PM, May 03, 2013
In the State Of The Nation survey on safety of women as part of CNN-IBN's Agenda for Change, the majority says that a woman who is raped is not only ruined for life but also that women should abide by a certain dress code in public. ...
11:59 PM, Jan 24, 2013
In the State Of The Nation survey on safety of women as part of CNN-IBN's Agenda for Change, the majority says that a woman who is raped is not only ruined for life but also that women should abide by a certain dress code in public. More than 70 per cent men as well as women think that their relatives will react in a supporting manner if he/she faces and...
10:08 PM, Jan 24, 2013
Facing public outcry, Puducherry government has dropped its plan to introduce a dress code making overcoats mandatory for girl students in the Union Territory to prevent sexual crimes. ...
01:36 AM, Jan 11, 2013
There has been public outrage after a women's college in the Bhiwani district in Haryana banned girls from turning out in jeans and tops. ...
12:46 PM, Dec 10, 2012
Bhiwani/Bijnor: There has been public outrage after two diktats in Haryana and Uttar Pradesh. While in Haryana, a college has banned girls from wearing jeans, in Uttar Pradesh, the Bijnor District Magistrate has asked girls not to wear black clothes at a Chief Minister event. A women's college in the Bhiwani district in Haryana has banned girls from turning out in jeans and tops. At the Adarsh Women's College, where...
09:45 AM, Dec 10, 2012
Bhiwani: A women's college in the Bhiwani district in Haryana has banned girls from turning out in jeans and tops. At the Adarsh Women's College, where this diktat has been in place, the principal doesn't see anything wrong with it. Instead, she says that it's a part of respecting Indian culture as jeans and tops are all western dresses. The principal also believes that western outfits distract students from their...
09:30 AM, Dec 10, 2012
Thiruvananthapuram: A woman teacher, who has been suspended for a fortnight from an aided higher secondary school in Malappuram district for allegedly refusing to fall in line with the management's diktat to wear a "light green" overcoat, has approached the State Human Rights Commission, seeking justice. Authorities of Sullamssalam Oriental High School at Areekode in Malappuram in north Kerala, however, disputed the teacher's contention that the 'dress code' had been...
01:31 PM, Oct 24, 2012
Coimbatore: A month into the new academic year, the Tamil Nadu Directorate of School Education has advised teachers to turn up in classrooms wearing dignified dresses. In a circular dated June 29, the Directorate has asked District and Chief Educational Officers to instruct principals of government and all recognised private schools to ensure that teachers do not wear indecent attire against our cultural ethos. Arguing that uniforms were prescribed for...
12:18 PM, Jul 06, 2012
Bangalore: If you think only colleges and religious places have imposed dress code, here is some news. Schools in the city have begun to impose a dress code, not for students, but for parents who show up in night clothes to see off their wards. Blossoms School prohibits parents coming in nightwear to drop their kids. Shashi Kumar D, Director, Blossoms School, said, Parents dressed in nightwear are not permitted...
11:47 AM, Jul 06, 2012
The Jamaat-e-Islami has issued a dress code advisory for tourists in Jammu and Kashmir - no short or tight clothes. ...
03:11 PM, Jul 05, 2012
Srinagar: Separatist group Jamaat-e-Islami has issued a dress code advisory for tourists in Kashmir - no short or tight clothes. It has asked the tourism department to enforce the rule, but surprisingly, the Omar Abdullah government is silent on the matter. "We are not forcing them to wear Islamic dresses. It is quite against the local ethics and culture. We just want them to follow our local traditions," Jamaat-e-Islami spokesperson...
08:12 AM, Jul 05, 2012
Kochi: Kerala's education department on Monday sent a circular to woman teachers to turn up at a function in a saree and green blouse, inviting allegations that the colour reflected the minister's party flag. The circular was cancelled late in the evening. The Ernakulam district official who issued it was placed under suspension. The education portfolio in the Congress-led government is handled by Indian Union Muslim League (IUML) member P.K....
10:47 AM, Jul 03, 2012
Imphal: Six student bodies in Manipur on Tuesday decided to issue a diktat seeking to prohibit school and college students from wearing 'indecent' dresses. They said girl students should wear the Manipuri ankle length dress, 'Phanek' and under no condition uniforms above the knee would be tolerated. The use of of mobile phone during school or college hours would also not be allowed. This was decided by six students organisations...
04:35 PM, Jun 26, 2012
Jharkhand Chief Minister Arjun Munda suffered injuries after the helicopter he was travelling in crashed. ...
09:58 PM, May 09, 2012
Chandigarh: The Haryana Government on Wednesday defended its dress code orders issued recently by the Women and Child Development Department that asked its employees to wear "decent" clothes at work. The order issued on April 18 by the Department's Superintendent on behalf of the then Director Renu Phulia with regard to wearing of "decent clothes in the office" said, it has been observed that some officials (both males and female)...
06:50 PM, May 09, 2012
Chandigarh: The Haryana Women and Child Department has issued a dress code for its women employees, according to which, they would not be allowed to wear jeans and t-shirts to work. According to the new dress code, the women employees can only wear salwar kameez and sarees to work. Jeans and t-shirts have been branded as 'indecent clothing' by the Haryana Women and Child Department and decent clothes include only...
09:08 AM, May 09, 2012
Panaji: Scantily-clad tourists in beach wear have not gone down well with temple authorities in Goa with some laying down a strict dress code for visitors and another barring foreigners. While the Mahalasa Narayani Temple at Mardol, 20 km from Panaji has put up a board stating that "Entry Restricted for Foreign Tourists", the Mangueshi Temple at Mangueshi village, and Ramnathi temple at Ponda have put a dress code in...
11:19 AM, Jun 06, 2011
Geneva: Swiss bank UBS AG is revising its dress code after getting roundly mocked for suggesting employees wear skin-colored underwear and avoid garlic breath. The bank said Monday it is whittling down its 44-page style guide to a more modest booklet that will concentrate on how to impress customers with a polished presence and sense of Swiss precision and decorum. "We're reviewing what is important to us," UBS spokesman Andreas...
06:23 PM, Jan 18, 2011
London: All staff in a Swiss bank has been told to wear non-sexy apparel. While women were told to wear flesh-coloured underwear and avoid flashy jewellery, men were asked to wear classic professional suits and avoid socks with cartoon motifs. UBS - erstwhile Union Bank of Switzerland - has ordered its staff in a 43-page dress code specifying in minute detail what staff members can and can't wear, the Daily...
01:09 PM, Dec 17, 2010
