Sep 3, 2020
ESD Global & EL HaLev Mobilize Efforts Against Violence
Mark your calendars! The Second International Violence Prevention Education Conference (VPEC), will take place (COVID-19 willing) on the...
Jan 3, 2019
A Feminist Response to Critique of Self-Defense
This past October, at a high school gym in Astoria queens, the girls in the junior and senior classes had the opportunity to participate...
Dec 6, 2018
"I Didn't Scream Because You Didn't Teach Me How"
There is hardly any funding allocated to sexual violence prevention in educational institutions and work environments. A senior advisor...
Oct 17, 2018
The Magical Healing Powers of ESD
You already know there's something magical about empowerment self-defense (ESD) that goes way beyond the rush of kicking and yelling....
Oct 10, 2018
Self-Defense as Social Justice -- Spotlight on Jay O'Shea
We’ve talked before about the “power of one,” and how one woman can have an impact on one community that can then go on to impact the...
Sep 5, 2018
The Importance of Self-Defense Training for Sexual Violence Prevention
Abstract: Women’s self-defense training has been excluded from sexual violence prevention efforts for a variety of reasons, including...