An Indian woman fights back against sexual violence

Every 15 minutes, a rape occurs in India. Usha refuses to accept this. She teaches women and girls how to defend themselves against sexual assaults.

Transcript

00:00Fighting back against sexual assault in India.

00:03Osha wants girls to be able to protect themselves when harassed by a man.

00:07And she has made it her mission to show them how.

00:24Millions of Indian women are sexually assaulted every year.

00:27According to official figures, a girl or woman is raped every 15 minutes.

00:33Osha wants to change the mindsets that encourage such incidents.

00:37She helped to found the Red Brigade Against Sexual Violence.

00:41It's a mixed group, including many survivors of sexual assault, like herself.

00:52Osha and her team are regularly invited to schools to teach girls.

00:56In the training, she demonstrates the first steps of how to fight back.

01:01Osha hopes it helps the girls defend themselves against assaults.

01:04The technique has been very low, but the fact is that when you keep yourself inside, you need to take a man.

01:11And I'll see you next time, guys.

01:12Bye!

01:19Bye!

01:21Bye!