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Safety in Numbers: Why Equipping Learners with Violence Prevention Skills Is the Key to Safer Schools
White Paper: Safety in Numbers Author: Dr. Dawn Lindsey Executive Summary Youth-involved violence in schools has reached crisis levels...
Sep 18, 20254 min read
Modernizing Empowerment Self-Defense: A Global Strategy to Protect Youth from Cyberbullying, Pornography, Suicide, and Sex Trafficking
1.Executive Summary The exponential growth of digital threats—cyberbullying, exposure to pornography, youth suicide, and sex...
Sep 5, 20253 min read
Leadership in Crisis – Why I Refuse to Abandon Ship
Why I Refuse to Abandon Ship Executive Summary Across the United States, nonprofit leaders are resigning or being pushed out at record...
Sep 5, 20254 min read
AEP Adanma Nwokoma from Nigeria brought Empowerment Self-Defense (ESD) to the pupils of St. Augustine’s Royal Academy Summer School in Abuja.
Over 30 children, aged 4–14, participated in an energetic outdoor class where they discovered how to: Use their voices to set boundaries...
Sep 4, 20251 min read
Safety 101 by Dawn Lindsey
The escalation of social and political unrest, coupled with the growing frequency of natural disasters, underscores the criticality of...
Jun 10, 20242 min read
The Unspoken Challenges of Being an ESD Instructor - Gentiana Susaj, ESD instructor Level 4, Aikido Shodan and a Human Rights Lawyer
For empowerment self-defense (ESD) instructors who dedicate themselves to assisting others or fulfilling responsibilities they have taken...
Jun 10, 20243 min read
Empowerment Self-Defense: A Vital Tool against Female Genital Mutilation Reflecting on the intersection between Empowering Self-Defense (ESD) and Female Genital Mutilation (FGM)
Dr. Costly Aderibigbe-Saba I want to share Amina's story, a 14-year-old girl in Sierra Leone facing the threat of FGM. Amina, like many...
Jun 10, 20243 min read
Five Principles of Empowerment Self Defense for Everybody and Every Body by Linda Štucbartová
The concept of Empowerment Self Defense does not focus only on physical defense but also offers tools to live a quality life....
Jun 10, 20243 min read
International Women's Day March 2024 - ESD Trainings Around The world.
Belgium For Women's Month, Judyta Krawczyk and Nina Wennik delivered a 3-day, All-Gender, ESD training for the staff and their spouses of...
Mar 8, 20241 min read
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