Sambhav brings women survival techniques to India

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Press Trust of India Kolkata
Last Updated : May 30 2013 | 4:56 PM IST
An NGO from West Bengal has joined hands with a US-based martial arts training institute to equip women with basic street survival techniques, specially against eve-teasing.
NGO Sambhav has entered into a technical collaboration with US-based Mac's Kung Fu Instituteis to introduce a specially-designed survival technique programme for women.
"The programme is the first in the country to train women to protect themselves against eve-teasing," Sambhav secretary Atreyee Dutta said.
In a pilot project, Sambhav will conduct free of cost workshops for at least 2,500 girls by this year end, she said.
West Bengal sports minister Madan Mitra, education minister Bratya Basu and technical education minister Ujjal Biswas applauded the cause while formally inaugurating the pilot project today.
Dutta said the basic survival techniques is based on Wing Chun, a unique form of non-traditional martial art system, which can be adopted by common people.
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First Published: May 30 2013 | 4:56 PM IST

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