Posted on 01/24/2021 1:21:31 AM PST by nickcarraway
A 17-year-old girl from Zimbabwe is using martial arts to combat child marriage by teaching self-defense to young women.
Now that’s what heroes do!
Natsiraishe Maritsa founded the Vulnerable Underaged People’s Auditorium initiative and in that program, they use martial arts, such as Taekwondo to fight child marriage.
The initiative is taking place in her small community, which is located in Harare, just near the capital of Zimbabwe.
Maritsa started to practice Taekwondo since she was just 5 years old and she used her talents to help other women in her community.
Since 2016, she utilized her love of the uncommon sport in the country to help women that are at risk or have been affected by child marriage.
Maritsa teaches the art to 15 women and girl.
Due to the ongoing pandemic, this girl had to stop and she is currently hoping that things get better so she could help women and girls learn the martial art.
Young children and other women or girls come to the classes.
Maritsa also pointed out that some of them bring their infants while they attend the taekwondo classes in the backyard of her parents.
During the classes, women also discus how they are abused in their houses.
Maritsa was interviewed by the Associated Press, where they said:
The role of teen mothers is usually ignored when people campaign against child marriages. Here, I use their voices, their challenges, to discourage those young girls not yet married to stay off early sexual activity and marriage.
Child marriage is banned in the country, which means you have to be at least 18 to get married, however, the practice still exist.
Around 34 percent of the girls are married in the carried before they turn 18 and 5 percent of the girls are married before they even turn 15 years old.
May the LORD protect her and other young women, girls and boys.
May the LORD protect those few men willing to stand.
It would be much better to arm them.
One can learn to use arms much faster then one can become efficient in unarmed combat.
A edge weapon or firearm is far more effective.
Teach the girls to kick the guy in the jingle bells often he will forget about marriage.
“child marriage” in this case is that a man captures and rapes a young woman and the village then forces her to marry him.
Chances of these girls getting armed are zip. They have to use the tools they have got.
The idea that they are going to be-able to defend themselves with empty hand techniques against male attracters foolish.
Real life is not the movies where some female beats up a much larger male opponent
Making simple edge weapons is very easy and much more effective then empty hand techniques.
What makes you assume the other female family members are not targeting these girls.
And you sure as shot are not say, “lay back and take it,” ARE YOU.
You use what you have, not what you wish you have.
Lord help the child relying on you.
What I am saying is that with a little imagination.
One can arm oneself.
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