Abbreviation | GGI |
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Formation | 2019 |
Founder | Shin Koyamada Nia Lyte |
Type | International NGO |
Headquarters | United States |
Location |
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Area served | Global |
Services | Women's self-defense Capacity building Community service |
Fields | Gender-based violence Violence against women |
Official language | English |
Co-Founder & Chairman | Shin Koyamada |
Co-Founder & President | Nia Lyte |
Affiliations | Koyamada International Foundation |
Website | guardiangirls |
Guardian Girls International (also referred to as Guardian Girls or GGI) is an international non-governmental organization focused on violence against women and gender-based violence, with its headquarters in the United States. The mission is to build the self-agency of women and girls for prevention and response to all forms of gender-based violence through sports and holistic martial arts training. It operates in 15 countries.
It partners and collaborates with UN agencies, international sports federations, governments, international NGOs and corporations, including with United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), World Karate Federation (WKF), International Aikido Federation (IAF), International Judo Federation (IJF) and others.[1][2][3]