A Denim Day is set to take place tomorrow as students from the University of Sheffield pledge to wear their jeans as part of a worldwide sexual assault awareness campaign.

The annual event came about after a 1990s Italian Supreme Court overturned a rape conviction on the premise that the victim’s tight jeans implied consent. The next day, women in parliament came to work in jeans to show solidarity with the victim.

Campaigners working on the project aim to combat victim blaming, support survivors and educate themselves and others about all forms of sexual violence.

Emilie Bonay, a student collaborating with the University of Sheffield Student’s Union to organise the event, said: “I really wanted to make it a big deal this year.

“We wear denim to remind ourselves of the cases people go through every day and to remember this activism that was done in the nineties and to keep that ball rolling.”

Profits from the event, gathered through donations, badge sales, and a toast bar in Roar, will go to Peace Over Violence, the charity which founded the movement in response to the original case.

Campaigners also urge people to donate via this page.