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Progress roundup: German law is protecting textile workers in Pakistan; taekwondo lessons are empowering Bolivian women against domestic violence.

Progress roundup: German law is protecting textile workers in Pakistan; taekwondo lessons are empowering Bolivian women against domestic violence.

Indigenous women are learning taekwondo moves to protect themselves against attacks by partners or family members LA PAZ, June 3 (Reuters) - Lucrecia Huayhua has survived domestic violence for most of her life. Now, with other indigenous Aymara women in Bolivias highlands, she is taking things into her own hands with taekwondo classes to learn self-defense. In the high-altitude cities of La Paz and El Alto, indigenous "cholita" women, who have long faced discrimination, train wearing their dist...

1/5 A Bolivian Aymara woman poses for a photograph with Sports Psychologist Laura Roca (L) and Personal Development and Womens coach Kimberly Nosa (R) of the Warmi Power social project during a taekwondo class to learn self-defence, on the outskirts of La Paz, Bolivia April 23, 2021. Picture taken April 23, 2021. Laura Roca/Warmi Power/Handout via REUTERS Read More Lucrecia Huayhua has survived domestic violence for most of her life. Now, with other indigenous Aymara women in Bolivia�...