SOMALIA, Mogadishu: In a photograph taken and released 11 September 2013 by the African Union-United Nations Information Support Team, female members of Mogadishu neighbourhood watch teams look on as physical instructors from the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) police contingent demonstrate during a training programme designed to teach basic and practical self-defense skills to women. 20 trainees drawn from camps for the internally displaced in Banadir and Middle Shabelle region were taught personal defence skills and given advice on what to do in case of an attack. In addition to em
SOMALIA, Mogadishu: In a photograph taken and released 11 September 2013 by the African Union-United Nations Information Support Team, female members of Mogadishu neighbourhood watch teams look on as physical instructors from the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) police contingent demonstrate during a training programme designed to teach basic and practical self-defense skills to women. 20 trainees drawn from camps for the internally displaced in Banadir and Middle Shabelle region were taught personal defence skills and given advice on what to do in case of an attack. In addition to empowering women to protect themselves, AMISOM is also working to build the capacity of the Somali security services and police to enhance security in Somalia. AU-UN IST PHOTO / STUART PRICE.
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