Absorbent article with leak barriers

An absorbent article comprising an absorbent core, a body facing liquid receiving surface and a liquid impervious garment facing surface, said article having a longitudinal direction and a transverse direction and being defined by a pair of longitudinal side edges and a pair of transverse side edges, said article comprising, as seen in its longitudinal direction, a front region, a back region and a crotch region therebetween, said article further comprising substantially longitudinally extending leak barriers, each of said leak barriers having a free laterally inward elasticized side and a laterally outward side, the elasticized side of the leak barrier being raised from the inner cover of the absorbent article,

• wherein said inner and outer leak barriers are located alongside each side of the absorbent core, said inner and outer leak barriers being spaced from each other in the transverse direction of the article, wherein the inner leak barriers extend at least along the part of the crotch region having the smallest width in the transverse direction, and along a length of at least 5 cm, and the outer leak barriers extend along at least a part of the front region or the back region of the article, while at least a part of the crotch region along which said inner leak barriers extend is free from raised outer leak barriers.