BAGUIO CITY: Some 10 policemen and three jail personnel wore high heels and women’s footwear during the city’s launching of Women’s Month (Kababaihan Festival) here on Monday. They joined local officials headed by Mayor Mauricio Domogan and newly-inducted officers of the Outstanding Women Leaders (OWLS) of Baguio in kicking off the festival’s month-long activities. The project asks men to literally walk one mile in women’s high-heeled shoes to experience the difficulties that women face on a daily basis. “It is not easy walking in women’s shoes and it gets people talking about gender relations, the seriousness of domestic violence, rape and men’s sexual violence against women. It demonstrates that men who walk in women’s shoes are willing and courageous partners of women in making the world a safer place,” Gallardo explained.

Source: Manila Times March 05, 2018 16:07 UTC