In Nairobi, Kenya, hundreds of people took to the streets to protest sexual violence after a 16-year-old girl was gang-raped and her accused rapists were freed. The victim, known as “Liz,” was beaten, raped and left for dead in a pit latrine in June. She suffered severe injuries including a broken back and is now confined to a wheelchair. Liz identified three of six alleged attackers. But their only punishment was being forced to mow the police station lawn. On Thursday, protesters marched to the police headquarters waving women’s underwear in an action dubbed “Keep off our panties.” Nebila Abdulmelik organized a global petition demanding justice for Liz.

Nebila Abdulmelik: “I think this is one step, but we still have a long way to go. It’s nice to see that our petition, which had over 1.2 million signatures, was received by the Office of the Inspector General, even though it wasn’t the Inspector General himself. And I’m also assured that they’ve asked us to come in for a sit-down meeting, because I think this is the opportunity now to sit down with them and set up benchmarks and time frames and timelines, and see how we can work together to strengthen the systems that have not protected us.”