Indigenous Bolivian Woman Empowers Others Through Taekwondo Training in Fight Against Gender-Based Violence
EL ALTO, Bolivia – Lidia Mayta found herself drawn to the martial art of taekwondo after surviving a violent attack by would-be robbers in Bolivia. This experience led her to dedicate herself to training other Indigenous women in self-defense techniques to combat the prevalent gender-based violence in the country. Mayta’s determination to never feel defenseless again following the attack prompted her to join a woman-only class at the Warmi Power taekwondo studio in El Alto, …