Our Programs
Three Pillars of Our Program
Fightback program equips adolescent girls with practical skills to prevent, respond to, and reduce sexual violence, while also training women, boys, men, parents, teachers, and other stakeholders to create safer communities together.
Mental
Building violence prevention and response skills
Vocal
Building tactical and assertive
communication skills
communication skills
Physical
Building easy to remember and hard to forget self-protection skills
Our Primary Objectives
Operational Readiness
Equipping participants with the Mental, Vocal, and Physical skills necessary to identify, intercept, and respond to sexual violence before they escalate.
Confidence as a Skill
Building high-level self-efficacy and assertive leadership, allowing participants to command their personal space and protect their boundaries.
Scalable Education
Deploying safety training across multiple touchpoints, including intensive in-person workshops and advanced digital learning platforms.
How does our program work?
Fightback’s training model is built on a balanced integration of soft skills and physical self-defense, delivered through structured 1-day, 2-days, and 3-days programs. The approach recognizes that true self-defense begins in the mind and is reinforced by the body.
Soft Skills
The Foundation of Self-Defense
Participants learn to:
- Identify threats, violence, and harassment in everyday situations
- Recognize early warning signs and red flags
- Understand and manage fear responses (freeze, flight, fight)
- Apply safety frameworks for both offline and online environments
- Build situational awareness, boundary-setting, and decision-making skills
- These sessions emphasize awareness, judgment, and prevention-helping individuals avoid danger whenever possible.
Physical Skills
Practical Self-Protection
Participants learn to:
- Blocking and deflecting common attacks
- Escaping grabs, holds, and restraints
- Using body mechanics for safe and effective counter-responses
- Creating opportunities to break free and get to safety
- Techniques are designed to be practical, realistic, and adaptable, regardless of strength or size.
Alternating Learning
For Better Retention
Participants learn to:
- Understand why a response is needed
- Learn when to act
- Practice how to respond physically
This alternating structure reinforces learning, improves retention, and ensures participants can connect awareness with action.
Progressive Learning
Participants learn to:
- 1-Day Program
Core awareness and basic physical responses - 2-Day Program
Deeper understanding of risk, fear management, and escape techniques - 3-Day Program
Comprehensive training integrating prevention, response, and confidence-building through repeated practice
Our Core Framework
Human-Centered Design
Our curriculum is built using Human-Centered Design.
Proactive Prevention
Our primary focus is on risk-interception, equipping individuals with the situational intelligence to neutralize threats before they escalate into violence.
Holistic Approach
We utilize a holistic methodology that develops Mental, Vocal, Physical Skills.
Universal Adaptability
We adapt our training for diverse age groups, physical abilities, and cultural settings without compromising on the quality of the outcome.
Digital Integration
Our online learning platforms and Fightback digital application provide flexible, engaging, and on-demand safety education accessible anywhere in the world.
Comprehensive Model
For real world-safety, we not only engage adolescent girls but also women, boys, men, parents and teachers to create a safe society.
Our Programs
Collaboration and Partnership
We work in collaboration with schools, local governments, and civil society organizations that share
our commitment to prevent, reduce and response to sexual violence.
our commitment to prevent, reduce and response to sexual violence.
