Empowering Indigenous Bolivian Women: How Taekwondo is Combatting Gender-Based Violence
A Brave Bolivian Woman Takes a Stand Against Gender-based Violence Turning Tragedy into Triumph A violent attack by would-be robbers steered Bolivian Lidia Mayta towards the martial art of taekwondo. Three years later, she helps train other Indigenous women to defend themselves against rampant gender-based violence in the South American country. Mayta told AFP she…