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Nicholls State University
Women's Resource and Services Office


R.A.D. Objective

To develop and enhance the options of self defense, so they may become viable considerations to the woman who is attacked.”

  • Somewhere in America, a woman is raped every two minutes. (National Crime Victimization Survey. U.S. Dept. of Justice, 1996)
  • One in four female college students has been the victim of rape or attempted rape. (Louisiana Foundation Against Sexual Assault)
  • Approximately 68 percent of rape victims knew their assailant. (Violence Against Women. U.S. Dept. of Justice, 1994)

Safety and survival in today’s world requires a definite course of action. R.A.D. provides effective options by teaching women to take an active role in their own self-defense and psychological well being.