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Malakal, UNMISS, MP 25 May 2019
Peacekeepers in Malakal have started to train girls and young women at UN protection facilities the skills of self-defence to combat women related gender violence prevalence in South Sudan.
The United Nation Mission Policewomen, human rights specialists and gender affair officers organised self-defence workshop to train vulnerable girls and women at UN Civilian Sites how to protect themselves against sexual violence related activities in the area.
The women protection Advisor, Tara Sadasivan told the participants, ‘We won’t just teach you about sexual violence and everything related to it, but we want to empower you by teaching you the skills that will improve your confidence in self-defence, self-steam and quality of your life.’
The young women and girls, however, will learn the skills of how to handle assertiveness, verbal confrontation skills and to identify sensitive areas in the human body that would form target to inflict maximum harm to an assailer.
“Our aim with this training is not to urge women to fight back against an often unequally-matched assailant, but our overarching intent is to empower women to become confident in their vulnerable situations, and to enable them to make the right decision at the right time.” Said Tara.
The self-defence workshop organised by the UNMISS in Malakal which was facilitated by Captain Evan Irvine and translator Tipo Kwachkwan at Engineering site attracted a group of 24 young women and girls to learn the skills that would help them identify life-threatening risks and respond to them accordingly.
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