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Open Image ModalIndian police women practice kicks during a self-defence class in New Delhi.(Photo credit should read Rebecca Conway/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:REBECCA CONWAY via Getty Images)
(02 of16)
Open Image ModalIndian girl students demonstrate their martial arts skills during a function organised by the city police to promote women's self-defence skills in Kolkata. (Photo credit should read DIBYANGSHU SARKAR/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:DIBYANGSHU SARKAR via Getty Images)
(03 of16)
Open Image ModalIndian policewoman demonstrates techniques during a self defence training demonstration organised by police authorities in New Delhi. (Photo credit should read MANPREET ROMANA/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:MANPREET ROMANA via Getty Images)
(04 of16)
Open Image ModalWomen commando of CISF (Central Industrial Security Force) performing the self-defence skill during the inauguration of Women Police station in Gurgaon, India. (Photo by Parveen Kumar/Hindustan Times via Getty Images) (credit:Hindustan Times via Getty Images)
(05 of16)
Open Image ModalGirls displayed their skills during the self defence skills event 'Say No To Fear' organized by Delhi Police on the occasion of International Women's Day in New Delhi, India. (Photo by Sushil Kumar/Hindustan Times via Getty Images) (credit:Hindustan Times via Getty Images)
(06 of16)
Open Image ModalAn Indian instructor teaches the basic handling of a .22 bore rifle to a young woman during a firearms training programme for women aged 15 and above at the Ahmedabad City Police firing range in Ahmedabad. (Photo credit should read SAM PANTHAKY/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:SAM PANTHAKY via Getty Images)
(07 of16)
Open Image ModalThe firearms training programme aims to empower women aged 15 and above with self defence skills. (Photo credit should read SAM PANTHAKY/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:SAM PANTHAKY via Getty Images)
(08 of16)
Open Image ModalPartially and total visually impaired Indian children of Andh Kanya Prakash Gruh take basic self defence lessons. (Photo credit should read SAM PANTHAKY/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:AFP via Getty Images)
(09 of16)
Open Image ModalMartial art coach teaches Kashmiri Muslim girls Thang-ta, martial arts inside indoor stadium in Srinagar. As the number of crimes against women has risen in the region, girls from different age groups and backgrounds have taken up martial arts and other self defence courses to thwart attackers. (Photo by Yawar Nazir/Getty Images) (credit:Yawar Nazir via Getty Images)
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Open Image ModalKashmiri girls practice martial arts inside indoor stadium in Srinagar. (Photo by Yawar Nazir/Getty Images) (credit:Yawar Nazir via Getty Images)
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Open Image ModalIn this picture a member of India's 'Red Brigade' takes part in self defence classes at a martial arts academy in Lucknow. India's 'Red Brigade' is a group of angry young women challenging deeply ingrained patriarchal mindsets with a message for the country's sexual predators: change your ways or be ready to accept vigilante justice. (Photo credit should read Sanjay Kanojia/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:AFP via Getty Images)
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Open Image ModalStudents learning martial arts for the self defence at Govt Girls Sr Sec School in Roop Nagar near North Delhi University. With crimes against women on the rise, school committee urged girls to learn martial arts along with education to defend themselves against eve-teasers. (Photo by Jasjeet Plaha/Hindustan Times via Getty Images) (credit:Hindustan Times via Getty Images)
(13 of16)
Open Image ModalIndian female high school students watch an exhibition of basic Judo skills as they participate in a camp for self defense in Ahmedabad. (Photo credit should read SAM PANTHAKY/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:SAM PANTHAKY via Getty Images)
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Open Image ModalThis picture shows an Indian woman sparring with a trainer during a self-defence class in New Delhi. (Photo credit should read RAVEENDRAN/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:RAVEENDRAN via Getty Images)
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Open Image ModalIndian Muslim schoolgirls perform 'Vovinam', the Vietnamese martial art at Saint Maaz High School in Hyderabad. (Photo credit should read NOAH SEELAM/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:NOAH SEELAM via Getty Images)
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Open Image ModalIndian college girls participate in a basic judo camp for self defense. (Photo credit should read SAM PANTHAKY/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:SAM PANTHAKY via Getty Images)