Police stories around the world – Kampala (Uganda) - B1

On the 9^th of December 2016, the latest police parade in Kampala (Uganda) was a bit weirder than usual.

To protest against sexual violence, to educate their community and raise money for rape crisis centres, women’s shelters and other sexual prevention and recovery services, some police officers decided to walk a mile in women’s high heel shoes.

This march aimed at shedding the light on the significantly increasing number of rapes, sexual assaults and domestic violence.This kind of demonstration called “Walk a mile in her shoes” was initiated in 2001 by Venture Humanity Inc. (a U.S. based non-profit organisation) to stop violence against women and is now sponsored by U.N. Women – the United Nations organisation dedicated to gender equality.

Congratulations to all the participants in the march, and let’s hope they won’t give up their fight in the 115^th country out of 152 in term of gender equality.

Vocabulary:

weird: bizarre

shelter: a place where someone is protected

rape: the crime of forcing someone to have sex especially by using violence

domestic violence: violence between members of a family including children

sexual assault: the crime of sexually attacking someone