'SheFighter' self-defence stokes self-confidence in refugee women
Refugee women are at heightened risk for gender-based violence during the difficult experience of forced displacement. In Jordan, one group is getting a chance to learn self-defence, through a "SheFighter" technique that also focusses on building the women's self-esteem.
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