Bhubaneswar: At a time when there have been questions arising on the safety and security of women especially adolescent girls, Bhubaneswar Smart City Limited (BSCL) and United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) have come forward with a joint collaboration on women empowerment self-defence training. Forty girls between 14 yrs and 25 years of age under the […]
Bhubaneswar: Chief minister Naveen Patnaik today distributed free laptops to meritorious students and gave away prizes to successful girls in the self-defence programme at college levels. Attending a state level programme at Jaydev Bhawan here, Patnaik said the youth empowerment programme launched in 2013 is part of his government’s ceaseless efforts for all round development […]
Mumbai: Actresses Taapsee Pannu and Malaika Arora on International Women’s Day have encouraged women to be strong and take up self-defence classes to protect themselves and feel empowered. Taapsee, who has featured in strong roles in films like “Pink” and “Naam Shabana’, is associated with #StandStrong – Women’s Horlicks latest digital campaign to encourage women to […]
Beirut: Italian blue berets serving in southern Lebanon with the UN peacekeeping force UNIFIL will give self-defence lessons to schoolgirls from the port city of Tyre, UNIFIL said on Tuesday. The self-defence lessons will train the girls psychologically and physically and will build their self-confidence, according to UNIFIL instructors. The course is part of an […]
Jagatsinghpur: Martial arts and mentorship programmes are helping break gender barriers and changing mindsets in rural Odisha like nothing else. In a bid to empower women with shielding techniques, a female judoka from Jagatsinghpur is imparting judo training to the slum girls of Paradip in the district. As many as 38 girls from Bauriapalanda and […]
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