The invention provides an absorbent article for personal hygiene such as a diaper or training pant having a front edge and a back edge. In particular the present invention concerns, an absorbent article such as a diaper (10) or training pant, the absorbent article having a front edge (12) and a rear edge (14), a longitudinal axis extending in a longitudinal direction of the article, the article having a length L as measured along the longitudinal axis from the front edge to the back edge, the absorbent article comprising:- an essentially liquid permeable topsheet (22),- an essentially liquid impermeable backsheet (24),- an absorbent core (20) between the topsheet (22) and backsheet (24),- an acquisition-distribution system (50) which may comprise one or several layers (52, 54) and which is at least partially disposed between the absorbent core (20) and the topsheet (22),- wherein the an absorbent core (20) comprises a first core layer (56) and a second core layer (58),- the first core layer (56) being arranged closer to the topsheet (22) than the second core layer (58),- the second core layer (58) extends over a length L2 from a front edge (xx) to a rear edge (yy) and over a first segment (S1), a second segment (S2), a third segment (S3), and a fourth segment (S4), the first segment (S1), the second segment (S2), the third segment (S3) and the fourth segment (S4) all being of equal length, the a first segment (S1) comprising the front edge and the fourth segment (S4) comprising the rear edge
