Since mass media are flooded with a lot of child abuse and women harassment cases these days, women are not mentally prepared to tackle the situation.
In order to help them, Vidiyal, a Coimbatore based NGO in collaboration with Aware a NGO from Chennai has organized recently a self-defense workshop for Women at Wild West Cafe, focusing on empowering women mentally and reacting to any scenarios with basic self-defense techniques.
‘We had #MeToo moment, were girls opened up on the scenarios which they faced in the past. Importance of gender empowerment was discussed which was intended to make everyone feel that women are not the only one who face this issue, meanwhile it is not an issue to worry about,’ said a source person.
Despite, discussion on how to sense dangerous situation, practiced techniques with some of the core muscle exercise, different ranges to stop the attacker and the strategies to escape from the danger were taught, sources said.
However, similar workshops in schools, colleges and organizations will be organized in the future. If anyone is interested in conducting this workshop or to volunteers contact,
Email – vidiyalforchange@gmail.com
Mano Prabha +91 9677517771
Pavin Kumar +91 9095331268