Women of the Murray founder Stacey Dick is bringing a self-defence program for women to Cobram-Barooga. Credit: Shelley Anne Photography.
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When Women of the Murray founder Stacey Dick learnt the result of a poll asking women what skills they’d most like to learn, she wasn’t surprised by what she saw.
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Out of several choices, skill in self-defence was what her respondents wanted most.
“As a woman myself ... I totally got it. I myself wouldn’t walk alone at night. It’s always at the back of your mind,” Mrs Dick told The Courier.
And so it was that she decided to organise a course on self-defence for women, which will arrive in Cobram-Barooga next month.
The six-week program, starting July 2, aims to give women the skills they need to feel more confident and strong in their own bodies.
Currently run in Mrs Dick’s home-town of Numurkah, the program has proven more popular than expected.
In fact, participants can’t get enough.
Mrs Dick said the most common feedback was that participants would like even more training to develop their skills further.
“It’s obviously having a positive impact, and if it’s positive for just this small group, then that’s why I really wanted to work hard on getting it to other locations,” Mrs Dick said.
“I want to be able to help as many people as I can.”
Participants in the program’s successful run in Numurkah, pictured here with their instructor, Sensei Steve.
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The program arrives against the backdrop of an alarming rise in the rate of family violence in Moira Shire, where breaches of family violence orders continue to be the most commonly reported offence.
Data from the Crime Statistics Agency shows the reported number of family violence incidents in the Moira Shire rose by almost four per cent over the past year.
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