Capital Region community organizations are offering women the chance to learn the art of self-defense this spring.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. COLUMBUS, Ga. (WRBL) — The Columbus Police Department has been making efforts to help prevent violence against women with its ...

Women in South Africa are turning to guns and martial arts for self-defense in a country where rates of gender-based violence are extremely high.

Long labeled "masculine", combat sports are changing their image. Tatami mats, rings and cages are seeing an increasing ...

Philadelphia City Council President Kenyatta Johnson, D-2nd District, partnered with WOAR–Philadelphia Center Against Sexual Violence, Women Against Abuse, Center City Residents’ Association, South of ...

ROCK HILL, S.C. (InvestigateTV) — Some women in South Carolina say they feel safer and more confident after taking self-defense classes that teach both physical techniques and mental preparation. Lexi ...

NORTH AUGUSTA — Block, chop, and strike were among the techniques women and girls learned to protect themselves during a recent self-defense class. A women’s self-defense class was held at the Nancy ...

A metro Atlanta Army veteran and beauty queen is turning a personal tragedy into a mission to protect young women. Raquel Riley Thomas is behind a growing self-defense movement aimed at teaching other ...

COLUMBUS, Ga. (WRBL) — The Columbus Police Department has been making efforts to help prevent violence against women with its female self-defense classes. According to the National Domestic Violence ...