32 min
Independence and Resilience with Megha Vora The Conversation Collective
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- Health & Fitness
Content warning: abusive relationships, domestic violence and rape are mentioned in this episode. If you want to talk to someone, or need to seek help, you can find some free, confidential helplines listed in the notes below.
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Kia ora listeners!
This week your incredible host Jolénna is chatting with Megha Vora and her daughter Jaanya from India. In this engaging conversation they speak about developing resilience, the importance of independence for women in India, and empowerment through self-defence.
Megha and her husband established Women's Set Defense Centre (WSDC) which women can attend for free. Since 2014 they have set up six training centres around India. Megha herself is the chief instructor at the main centre in Mumbai where she lives. Their basic course includes physical training, confidence exercises, and preventive training like screaming and verbal de-escalation. Since the pandemic hit India Megha has been teaching classes to thousands of girls and women online.
Find out more about WSDC on their website: www.womenssdc.com or on their Facebook page: www.facebook.com/wsdcenter/ and follow them on Instagram @womensselfdefensecenter1!
Free, confidential helplines in Aotearoa, New Zealand:
- In an emergency call 111
- Safe to talk, Kōrero mai ka ora. Sexual Harm Helpline, 24/7. Call: 0800 044 334, text: 4334
- Youthline. Helping young people access the support they need, 24/7. Call: 0800 376 633, text: 234
- Women's Refuge. Supporting women and children experiencing family violence, 24/7. Call: 0800 733 843
- Rape Crisis. Call: 0800 88 33 00
These are just a few, but there are many more organisations out there!
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Big thank you and high fives to the Centre for Sport, Peace and Society at the University of Tennessee, whose Empower Women Through Sports follow-on grant has brought this podcast series to life.
Our thanks also go to The New Zealand Commission for UNESCO for supporting this project and powering these conversations.
Ngā mihi nui!
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You can find the full transcript from this episode, and learn more about Shift, on our website: www.shiftnz.org/podcast
Follow us on Instagram @the_coversation_collective and @shiftfoundationnz
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Music from Purple Planet and YouTube Studio
Content warning: abusive relationships, domestic violence and rape are mentioned in this episode. If you want to talk to someone, or need to seek help, you can find some free, confidential helplines listed in the notes below.
~~~
Kia ora listeners!
This week your incredible host Jolénna is chatting with Megha Vora and her daughter Jaanya from India. In this engaging conversation they speak about developing resilience, the importance of independence for women in India, and empowerment through self-defence.
Megha and her husband established Women's Set Defense Centre (WSDC) which women can attend for free. Since 2014 they have set up six training centres around India. Megha herself is the chief instructor at the main centre in Mumbai where she lives. Their basic course includes physical training, confidence exercises, and preventive training like screaming and verbal de-escalation. Since the pandemic hit India Megha has been teaching classes to thousands of girls and women online.
Find out more about WSDC on their website: www.womenssdc.com or on their Facebook page: www.facebook.com/wsdcenter/ and follow them on Instagram @womensselfdefensecenter1!
Free, confidential helplines in Aotearoa, New Zealand:
- In an emergency call 111
- Safe to talk, Kōrero mai ka ora. Sexual Harm Helpline, 24/7. Call: 0800 044 334, text: 4334
- Youthline. Helping young people access the support they need, 24/7. Call: 0800 376 633, text: 234
- Women's Refuge. Supporting women and children experiencing family violence, 24/7. Call: 0800 733 843
- Rape Crisis. Call: 0800 88 33 00
These are just a few, but there are many more organisations out there!
~~~
Big thank you and high fives to the Centre for Sport, Peace and Society at the University of Tennessee, whose Empower Women Through Sports follow-on grant has brought this podcast series to life.
Our thanks also go to The New Zealand Commission for UNESCO for supporting this project and powering these conversations.
Ngā mihi nui!
~~~
You can find the full transcript from this episode, and learn more about Shift, on our website: www.shiftnz.org/podcast
Follow us on Instagram @the_coversation_collective and @shiftfoundationnz
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Music from Purple Planet and YouTube Studio
32 min