SAITAMA--High schools run by the prefecture here that still have dress codes requiring female students to wear skirts as part of their uniforms will soon allow girls to choose slacks instead.

Primary school girls are the worst affected, which researchers linked to uniform items less well suited to exercise, such as skirts and dresses. The Cambridge study set out to establish what ...

A secondary school has been criticised over "misogynistic and sexist" advice to female students on school uniform. Open Academy, Norwich, asked girls not to wear "very short skirts" or coloured ...

The school's uniform policy stated girls in years seven to 12 needed to wear skirts to occasions including excursions, ceremonies, and class photographs while male students could wear shorts or ...