NEW DELHI: East Delhi discom BSES Yamuna has partnered with the Delhi Police special unit for women and children, Nanakpura, to impart self-defence training to schoolgirls and young women. The initiative aims to equip the participants to take care of their own safety. The participants are given tips to handle sticky situations besides physical training. They are also told to share the knowledge with their friends, neighbours and family members.
More than 500 girls and women have been trained in the first phase. The training has been organized at five locations, including three schools in east and central Delhi. Looking at the overwhelming response, the programme will be rolled out in more schools and colleges in east and central Delhi. A BYPL official said, "The training programme, which is spread over 10 days with daily two hours, strives to educate women and girls on the importance of speaking out, raising the alarm and wriggling out of tricky situations.''
Schools where the programme has already been organized include Rajkiya Pratibha Vikas Vidyalaya (Yamuna Vihar), Happy School (Daryaganj) and Eknath Sarvodhya Kandya Vidyalaya (GT Road). The participants said they all felt more confident after attending the 10-day programme. On completion of the training, the participants are awarded certificates by police. Such has been the impact of the programme that the trained girls are being asked by school principals to give a demonstration in the morning assembly.
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