{"id":827,"date":"2023-03-07T00:22:59","date_gmt":"2023-03-07T00:22:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/sse\/?p=827"},"modified":"2023-03-07T20:07:20","modified_gmt":"2023-03-07T20:07:20","slug":"serving-and-protecting-global-visitors-march-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/sse\/2023\/03\/07\/serving-and-protecting-global-visitors-march-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"Serving and Protecting Global Visitors – March 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>The World Health Organization estimates that 1 in every 3 women in the world experience violence<\/a>\u00a0and these stats have not improved over the past decade. Women living overseas are an especially vulnerable population, in that they are learners of a new language, surrounded by different values and behaviors. Those who have lived overseas know day-to-day interactions can feel foreign and understanding threats can get lost in cultural misinterpretations. \u00a0Step in Officer Craig of the Bellevue, WA (the largest majority-minority city in the US) police department.<\/p>\n

Officer Craig has been teaching women’s self defense classes to his local community for just a few months now. \u00a0What the Bellevue Police are doing is fairly unique according to Officer Craig, and last Sunday, our au pair population was able to be a part of his teachings first-hand. \u00a0Officer Craig slowed down what transpires in the “mechanics” of an unequal struggle, describing how women can use the space between and their own bodies as leverage if it is not their own physical strength that will serve in the moment. \u00a0He talked through body positioning for finding the best balance, defensive tactics, illegal in boxing since they don’t serve the goal of being able to strike an opponent. \u00a0He later shared links to reinforce the moves:<\/p>\n