The Goducate Lifeskills Center in India caters mainly to university students. It aims to prepare these students for the job market, to face the world beyond the university. The Center has just finished a program targeted at the women members. It aimed at teaching women how to look after themselves in this wider world.
The topics covered ranged from simple ways of looking after their health, to how to figure out the signs of a good friend and how to be a good friend, to how to manage conflicts in relationships. Also, at a time when newspapers are rife with the physical dangers that women in India face, one of the topics was self-defence for women. This session offered the women safety tips, taught them some self-defence techniques, and gave them a resource list for developing a personal safety plan.
Every session was dealt very practically, with games and live examples. It was good to see the ladies enjoy themselves and become more confident mentally.
