Set in the quiet hills of Nepal, Raksha Girls follows young women who’ve been through far more than most will ever understand. Some escaped trafficking. Others lived through abuse, neglect, or silence. But what they share now is something stronger: a space to reclaim control, and boxing is the vehicle.
The Misunderstood Power of Boxing
Let’s talk about the myth first, the idea that boxing is violent, aggressive, and built to destroy. That version of boxing gets the headlines. But it’s not what you see in Raksha Girls, and it’s not what Boxology® teaches.
Founded by former world champion Cathy Brown, Boxology® is a method that strips boxing down to its most essential elements: breath, movement, balance, and mindset. There’s no showmanship. No screaming trainers. No glorification of pain. Instead, it teaches emotional regulation, controlled focus, and mental stability, the things trauma often takes away.
At HeadGuard®, a community interest company, this approach is used with girls who’ve experienced serious trauma: abuse, trafficking, and extreme neglect. For them, boxing isn’t about learning to strike. It’s about learning to steady themselves when everything inside is shaking. It’s therapy through motion. Focus through repetition. Healing through contact, not conflict.
In Raksha Girls, you see this in practice. The girls don’t walk into the ring to fight. They show up to feel strong, in their own bodies, on their own terms.
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From Iraq to Nepal: The Story of the Raksha Girls
The work began in Iraq in 2019. Boxology® and HeadGuard® created a framework to deliver boxing training with purpose. The early programs reached Yazidi girls and other survivors of ISIS captivity, many of whom had been trafficked or displaced by war.
More than 9,000 girls were reached through the initial rollouts. What made it different was sustainability: not just drop-in workshops, but multi-week mentoring that taught local women how to deliver Boxology® classes themselves. They became leaders, coaches, and safe points of contact in their communities.
In 2022, the program expanded into Nepal, through collaboration with Raksha Nepal, a shelter and outreach organisation supporting women and girls who had survived trafficking and abuse. In these sessions, Boxology® was taught weekly, not to fighters, but to young women rebuilding their sense of identity.
Some girls came from massage parlours, others survived forced labour. Others came from privileged families, carrying invisible trauma. Each story was different. But every girl stepped in to find the same thing: safety, rhythm, confidence.
What’s striking is that these sessions aren’t about physical self-defense. They’re not learning to “hit back.” They’re learning to regulate their breath, stand tall, and feel present. That alone is powerful when your body has felt out of your control for too long.
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Raksha Girls: Boxing Sisters
The emotional core of the documentary sits in the weekly sessions themselves, filmed in Bandipur, Nepal, surrounded by forest, hills, and open skies. The scene is calm. Controlled. Intentional.
Here, boxing is stripped down to its most supportive form. Girls wrap each other’s hands. They move through pad work in pairs. Every movement is mirrored with respect. Cathy Brown, alongside other coaches, teaches with a calm, consistent voice. No one shouts. No one shows off. There’s no pressure to perform. The space holds trauma, but never lets it define the moment.
These girls have already fought to survive. They don’t need more fights. They need space to sweat without fear and they need a community that listens without judgment.
What you see, session after session, is this: support, not silence. Movement, not stillness. Trust, not fear.
By the end of each class, they’re lighter. Not fixed. But lighter. And that’s the real win.
Raksha Girls: Boxing Sisters
In their weekly sessions, the Raksha Girls form more than technique — they forge sisterhood. These are not bootcamps. These are rituals of recovery. The sessions are marked by empathy, peer mentorship, and a shared commitment to growth.
The emotional core is clear: “They don’t come to fight. They come to heal.” And through that healing, they become protectors of their peers, torchbearers of hope in their communities.
The RDX Connection
This isn’t just a powerful story. It’s one that matters to RDX, because we believe in what boxing can be, especially when it’s taught with care.
A huge part of our community uses boxing not for competition, but for mental strength, stress release, and emotional grounding. Whether you’re training alone, in a gym, or in your garage, boxing can quiet the noise. It brings control where there was chaos.
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That’s why we’ve partnered with Boxology® and HeadGuard® to support Raksha Girls, not just in bringing the documentary to life, but in expanding the mission behind it.
Beyond the Ring: Real Impact
The girls you meet in Raksha Girls don’t stop at their own healing. As they gain confidence, they give it back. Some train to be coaches. Others help younger girls join in. Some simply keep showing up, which is sometimes the bravest thing.
Boxology® gives them more than techniques. It gives them structure. Breathwork. Decision-making. Awareness. Everything that gets blunted by trauma is slowly rebuilt through steady sessions.
At HeadGuard®, this model isn’t treated like charity. It’s treated like change. Long after the cameras leave, the girls still train. The mentors stay connected. The method keeps going.
The documentary gives you a window into all this, but the real success is offscreen. That’s where the impact lives.
Join the Fight (The Right Way)
Raksha Girls isn’t just a documentary. It’s a call to pay attention to what boxing can be when it’s taught the right way, by the right people, for the right reasons.
Here’s how you can join the fight:
- Watch Raksha Girls when it drops on streaming platforms.
- Talk about it because stories like this deserve more than silence.
- Follow RDX for upcoming collaborations with Boxology®, HeadGuard®, and Raksha Girls, including events, sessions, and donation drives.
Boxing isn’t about proving who’s tougher. It’s about giving people tools to feel whole.
These girls don’t come to fight.
They come to heal and build something stronger in the process.
