How Lina Khalifeh is Empowering Women Through Self-Defence | BoFVOICES 2019

Commended by Barack Obama as a “leader of social change,” Lina Khalifeh is the founder of the Middle East’s first female-only self-defence studio SheFighter. Based on her experience in taekwondo, kickboxing and Kung Fu, Khalifeh’s studio has now trained over 18,000 women, and here she explains why self-defence is the best route to women’s empowerment. Subscribe to BoF’s YouTube channel to never miss a video CONNECT WITH THE BUSINESS OF FASHION: Web: https://www.businessoffashion.com Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/BoF Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/businessoffashion Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/BoF LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-business-of-fashion Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.co.uk/fashionbusiness Newsletter: https://www.businessoffashion.com/newsletter ABOUT THE BUSINESS OF FASHION: The Business of Fashion is a next-generation fashion media company conceived for today’s global and hyper-connected world. Founded in 2007 by Imran Amed, BoF is known for its authoritative, agenda-setting point of view on the global fashion industry, and is an indispensable resource for fashion executives, creatives, students, and entrepreneurs in over 200 countries. It has been described as “The Economist of Fashion,” “A Daily Destination for Fashion’s Power Players”, and “The Industry Bible”, www.businessoffashion.com