WALK A MILE IN HER SHOES INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY (IWD)
Driving Innovations through Community Empowerment(DICE) program and in commemoration of International Women's Day (IWD) 2023, GPFA hosted a solidarity men's march titled "Walk a Mile in Her Shoes" (WAMIHS). This campaign aimed to raise awareness about gender-based violence and other issues affecting women. Male participants were required to carry 2kg bags labeled with inscriptions such as RAPE, Female Genital Mutilation, Sex for Grades, Femicide, Domestic Violence, Unsafe Abortion, Labor Pain, and Sexual Assault.
The solidarity IWD WAMIHS march was held on March 4, 2023, from Era Supermarket to Musu's Spot at about 7:00 am. Participants arrived between 6:00 am -7:10 am, got registered by our event volunteers, and (male participants) picked the labeled bags they wanted to carry. We had more than three hundred participants from different walks of life; lawmakers, visual artists, musicians, policymakers, businessmen/women, educators, students, etc. Some participants chose to carry their bags on their backs with support from Ankara cloths (Lappa) that women usually use to piggyback babies. In contrast, others decided to take them in their hands. Our volunteers were assigned to their different locations. The march started at about 7:15 am from ERA, with our male participants carrying their labeled bags while the women walked beside them.
Dixon Yiadom - “The Duo”, spoke in the video above at the “WALK a MILE IN HER SHOES - IWD program
