An organization called "Boxgirls" is trying to equip young girls and women in Nairobi, Kenya with self-defense skills. One of the reasons: Kenyan girls and women are highly targeted for sexual assault and rape, and while self-defense isn't a fix to the systemic issue of sexual assault, it's at least another tool that girls and women to use.
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But Boxgirls also has another mission for teaching girls boxing - perhaps a a more important one. Watch Broadly's video to learn more about the gender stereotypes this wonderful project wants to break.