Self Defence for 1000 young girls in Nagpur, India

For the first time, the Prabodhini team conducted training for ASHA (Accredited Social Health Activists) workers. Accredited Social Health Activist (ASHA) is a trained female community health activist. Selected from the community itself and accountable to it, the ASHA are an interface between the community and the public health system. These social workers were constantly on duty during the lockdown to help people with medicine, food and other supplies. They often face violence in their daily work on the field. It is important that these women understand what constitutes violence and harassment and are able to protect themselves if something happens.

The team at Prabodhini Self-Defence Institute is getting bigger and stronger! Manisha, our self-defence trainer, is currently training two new recruits. This will enable the Prabodhini Institute to organise more trainings and reach out to more girls. 

Recently, the trainers have started conducting self-defence trainings outside Nagpur. Two trainings,each lasting for fours days, were conducted in Amravati and Warud. Here, the trainers realised that neighbouring cities did not have the same opportunities and awareness regarding self-defence trainings despite higher cases of violence against women. The new recruits can now support the team to move beyond the peripheries of Nagpur in order to train more girls and women.