Self-defence and Its Importance for Women in India

Self-defence and Its Importance for Women in India Self-defense, especially for women, is of utmost importance in the kind of the world we live in today. Women, usually referred as the weaker sex, are considered easier targets. In a country like India where the cases of gender violence are on rise, out of which many go unreported, self-defense for women has become a necessity more than ever. We can chip away at rape culture by teaching girls emotional self-defense Sexual assault, rape, and kidnapping crimes against women remain a large problem in India, according to the National Crime Records Bureau. In 2016, there were nearly  85,000 reports  of assault attempts against women with roughly another  39,000 cases  of rape. The largest reported crime in India is domestic abuse, with more than  110,000 cases  indicated in the most recent statistics. From 2015 to 2016, reported crimes targeting children increased  more than 8%  — cr...