Ecuador Women Fight Sexual Violence Via Boxing

Any Hurtado took up boxing after surviving a harrowing rape attempt. The surprising thing was she found herself surrounded by other Ecuadoran women taking up the sport in a country torn by sexual violence. Statistics paint a disturbing picture of the threats women face in the South American country: six out of every 10 have been the victims of gender-based aggression, and one girl in 10 suffers sexual abuse before the age of 18. Hurtado, a 17-year-old ...