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Empowerment training courses could decrease rape

By Hicbd
Thu Jun 21 2018 2:52 am

"Flip the Script, a 12-hour empowerment training course for college women (has been) proven to cut rape by nearly half and attempted rape by two-thirds...A very similar 12-hour course also works in the slums of Nairobi. It has been found again and again to cut the risk of rape substantially — in one study, by 63 percent."

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https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/12/opinion/a-worldwide-teaching-program-to-stop-rape.html
https://med.stanford.edu/news/all-news/2013/06/self-defense-training-for-kenyan-girls-reduces-rape-study-finds.html
https://qz.com/425030/teaching-women-to-fight-today-could-stop-rapes-tomorrow/

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International Development / Foreign Aid / NGOs Women / Girl / Feminism Issues Universities / College College Gender Equality U.S. Sexual Assault Sexual Assault / Abuse Global Education Domestic Violence / Abuse / Gender-Based Violence (GBV)

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