Women’s Self-Defence Class
Saturday 1 October from 4pm – 6pm at Aro Valley Community Centre
The Wellington Young Feminists’ Collective and Hollaback! Wellington are holding a women’s self-defence class!
Suggested koha $5
Women’s self-defence is designed to teach information, skills and techniques to increase confidence in a variety of situations and give a good understanding of the strengths we all possess. The class won’t be physically demanding and doesn’t require a high level of fitness. There will be a physical element to the class though, so comfortable clothes are good. It’s not necessary to wear gym clothes, just something that you can move around in.
Bring your ladyfriends! (We’re also going to go for drinks at the Southern Cross afterwards if people are keen. Dudes welcome and encouraged to come to the drinks).
RSVP at our Facebook event
Please note that the organisers feel that women ideally shouldn’t need to defend themselves, and we don’t advocate for the responsibility of preventing sexual assault belonging to anyone but the perpetrator. However, women’s self defence classes can help provide skills and confidence for women to use if they ever find themselves in threatening situations, which is an unfortunately common reality. We also appreciate that women are not the only people at risk of violence and harassment in our streets, however, they are undeniably and disproportionately the victims of this violence, and men are disproportionately the offenders. With this in mind, please respect that this class will be a space for people who identify as women, and our social event afterwards will be open to all.
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