DOCUMENTARY

RAKSHA GIRLS

A multi award-winning documentary exploring resilience, trauma, empowerment, and hope.

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THE DOCUMENTARY

Raksha Girls follows young women rebuilding confidence, identity, and hope after surviving severe trauma, exploitation, violence, and adversity in Nepal.

Created through HeadGuard’s humanitarian outreach work alongside Raksha Nepal and Sustainable Himalayan Foundation, the documentary explores how movement, community, education, and emotional support can help individuals reconnect with themselves after trauma.

The film captures deeply personal stories of survival, resilience, healing, and human connection — while raising awareness around:

violence against women and girls
trauma
emotional wellbeing
safeguarding
exploitation
and empowerment through movement and community.

WHY THE FILM EXISTS

Giving voice to stories too often left unheard.

Raksha Girls was created to raise awareness around the long-term emotional impact of trauma and the importance of creating safe, supportive environments where women and girls can begin rebuilding confidence, resilience, identity, and hope.

Through trauma-informed boxing, movement, mindfulness, education, and community support, the project explores how empowerment can begin not through violence — but through reconnection, belonging, strength, and human connection.

For many participants, movement became more than exercise. It became:

release
confidence
emotional expression
community
and hope.

THE IMPACT

HeadGuard® and Boxology delivered trauma-informed boxing and wellbeing workshops within Nepal designed to help women and girls:

reconnect with their bodies
rebuild confidence
strengthen emotional resilience
and develop community connection.

The project also focused on long-term sustainability by helping provide ongoing education, mentoring, and trauma-informed movement support within safe community environments.

Raksha Girls has since become an important awareness and fundraising platform supporting humanitarian outreach, safeguarding awareness, and emotional wellbeing advocacy.

AWARDS & RECOGNITION

Internationally recognised for storytelling and impact.

Raksha Girls has received multiple International awards, including:

Best Female Filmmaker - California Film Festival
Best Editing - Hollywood Indies Festival

The documentary has also been featured through screenings, fundraising events, humanitarian outreach campaigns, and awareness initiatives supporting HeadGuard’s wider mission.

PHILOSOPHY

Rebuilding confidence, identity, and hope through movement and community.

At the heart of Raksha Girls is the belief that trauma-informed movement, emotional support, education, and human connection can help individuals begin rebuilding their lives after trauma and adversity.

The documentary reflects HeadGuard’s wider mission of creating safe, empowering, and supportive environments where individuals feel:

heard
supported
valued
and connected.