An absorbent article having a longitudinal dimension and a transverse dimension and comprising a liquid pervious topsheet, a liquid impervious backsheet; and an absorbent core disposed between the topsheet and the backsheet; the absorbent article further comprising a barrier leg cuff disposed adjacent to each of the longitudinal edges of the absorbent article and extending substantially parallel to the longitudinal dimension of the absorbent article; each barrier leg cuff comprising a structure, wherein the structure is attached to the absorbent article with a proximal end, the structure having a longitudinal dimension, which is substantially parallel with the longitudinal dimension of the absorbent article, a lateral dimension and a caliper, and comprising one or more elastic elements (195, 196); and/or the structure being associated with one or more elastic elements; wherein the structure comprises a first and a second layer (110, 120), each layer having an inner (111, 121) and an outer surface (112, 122), a longitudinal dimension parallel to the longitudinal dimension of the structure confined by first and second spaced apart lateral edges, and a lateral dimension parallel to the lateral dimension of the structure confined by two spaced apart longitudinal edges, wherein the first and second layer (110, 120) at least partly overlap each other, wherein the second layer is able to shift relative to the first layer along the longitudinal structure dimension upon release of a contractive force, which has provided by the stretched one or more elastic elements along the longitudinal dimension, the structure further comprising ligaments provided between the first and second layer (110, 120) in at least a part of the region where the first and second layer overlap each other, each ligament has a longitudinal dimension confined by two spaced apart lateral ligament edges, and a lateral dimension confined by two spaced apart longitudinal ligament edges, each ligament being attached to the inner surface of the first layer with a portion at or adjacent to one of the ligament's lateral edges in a first ligament attachment region and being attached to the inner surface of the second layer with a portion at or adjacent to the ligament's other lateral edge in a second ligament attachment region, the region of each ligament between the first and second ligament attachment region (135, 136) forming a free intermediate portion, the ligaments being spaced apart from one another along the longitudinal dimension of the structure, and the attachment of all ligaments to the first and second layer (110, 120) in the first and second ligament attachment regions (135, 136) is such that the free intermediate portions of the ligaments are able to convert from an initial flat configuration to an erected configuration upon release of a contractive force, which has provided by the stretched one or more elastic elements along the longitudinal dimension of the structure, thus converting the structure as a whole from an initial flat configuration into an erected configuration, wherein the erection is in the direction perpendicular to the longitudinal and the lateral dimension of the structure, thus increasing in caliper; the structure being in the flat configuration when the absorbent article is flattened out and when the one or more elastic elements (195, 196) are stretched along the longitudinal dimension of the structure, whereby contraction of the one or more elastic elements (195, 196) applies a force along the longitudinal dimension of the structure, thus converting the structure into the erected, three-dimensional configuration, wherein the structure has a higher caliper in its erected configuration compared to the caliper of the structure in its flat configuration, the erected structure spacing a distal end of the barrier leg cuff away from the topsheet and causing the barrier leg cuff to stand up.