The Kung Fu Nuns of the Himalayas are changing norms across the world as they use martial arts to empower themselves and multiple women across boundaries.

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Several incidents of sexual harassment have been surfacing in Ladakh lately. Kung Fu specialised Buddhist nuns are doing everything to encourage girls in taking charge of safety in their own hands. The nuns have provided self-defence training to the local girls in the region. Program executive of the organising body, Rigzin Angmo, believes that this workshop […]

Women from an old Buddhist sect are using martial arts to challenge gender roles in India. These nuns from Ladakh, practice martial arts, attend gender equality lessons and have even swapped their traditional maroon robes for the martial arts attire. They decided to teach self-defence to women after hearing about the increasing number of rape […]