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Nigeria is one of the top 10 most dangerous countries in the world for women.

尼日利亚是全球对女性而言最危险的10个国家之一。

The shortage of laws protecting women is compounded by poor law enforcement and traditions that force women to keep quiet about gender violence.

保护妇女的法律本就匮乏，再加上执法不力以及迫使女性对性别暴力保持沉默的传统观念，情况更是雪上加霜。

Tired of physical abuse, some Nigerian women are now taking self-defense classes.

不再忍受身体虐待，一些尼日利亚妇女现在正在上自卫课程。

It was really high opening. I liked the fact that I could I can protect myself. Yes, at least I can protect myself and if I wanted to attack, I can attack quickly. Yeah, so you went well.

开场真的很精彩。我很喜欢自己能够保护自己这一点。至少我能保护自己，而且如果我想进攻，我也能迅速出击。

In Nigeria, even in a large city like Lagos, women learning to fight for themselves face a lot of criticism.

在尼日利亚，即使是在拉各斯这样的大城市，女性学习自卫也面临很多批评。

It's strange, very, very strange to hear that a woman wants to defend herself if she finds herself in a position where she has to. Nobody is going to listen to that.

听到一个女人说如果身处不得不自卫的境地就会自卫，人们觉得非常奇怪。没人会听这种话的。

They would just tell you that you're not being submissive as a woman, you know.

他们只会告诉你，作为一个女人，你不够顺从。

They tell you that you just you've become a feminist and so because you started listening to all those things that are happening and then in Africa we don't do that.

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