JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — After 11 years in an emotionally and physically abusive marriage, Rani Miranti trained in martial arts and joined a fight club that helped her stand up to violence.
Miranti is one of a growing number of Indonesian women taking self-defence classes, as gender-based violence remains a challenge in the world's most populous, Muslim-majority country.
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