i-LEAD Self Defense

i-LEAD Self Defense Founder & CEO: Risha Patak-Harie.

Free self-defense & violence prevention for SA women & youth since 2012. đŸ€– Meet Lizzie — your free AI safety companion, available 24/7 on WhatsApp: +27 65 910 9403 đŸ„· Moves Library | 📍 Safety Map | i-lead.org.za Contact: +27110212031
Email: [email protected]

i-LEAD differentiates itself through responsiveness to individual training needs, and through the use of innovative technology and organizat

ional controls. We provide face-to-face and internet-directed information to women of all ages equipping them with the training and tools imperative to their personal safety and the safety of their families.

Tonight, we close the 4th Annual Global Women’s Safety Summit a little differently.After four nights of incredible speak...
28/08/2026

Tonight, we close the 4th Annual Global Women’s Safety Summit a little differently.

After four nights of incredible speakers, conversations and practical learning from South Africa and around the world, tonight we’re bringing it back to you.

At 18:00, we open up the i-LEAD Safety Toolkit. The tools and weapons we use, how to use them and what actually works.

Then we open the floor.

Ask Risha your self-defense and safety questions live, and then you take the mic. We want to hear from you: What are you taking away from this week?

We’ll finish with your Lizzie feedback, our Summit giveaway and the official close of this year’s Summit.

Tonight | 18:00 SAST
Virtual + FREE
Register: i-lead.org.za/events

Let’s finish this together.

27/08/2026

And then
 we got physical. 👊đŸ‡ș🇾🇿🇩

A moment from tonight’s session with Bear Fiorda, joining us live from the USA.

This is exactly why we invited Bear! Practical self-defense that people can understand, remember and actually use.

A huge thank you to Bear for saying yes to a call from South Africa and giving his time and skills so generously to the women joining us tonight.

What an incredible way to close Day 4. 🌍

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A moment from tonight’s session with Danielle Hayward, founder of Justice In Heels.

Knowing your rights is part of knowing how to protect yourself.

Tonight Danielle helped us make sense of South African law, our rights and the realities of protecting ourselves in an increasingly digital world.

Practical knowledge women can actually use.

Thank you, Danielle, for returning to the Global Women’s Safety Summit for the fourth year and continuing to stand with i-LEAD. đŸ©·

27/08/2026

ARE YOU READY, SOUTH AFRICA? đŸ‡żđŸ‡ŠđŸ”„

Tonight we train with Bear Fiorda, joining us LIVE from the USA for the Global Women’s Safety Summit.

No complicated choreography. Just skills designed for when things get physical.

19:00 SAST | Virtual + FREE
Register: i-lead.org.za/events

Let’s do this, South Africa. 👊🇿🇩

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Tonight’s speakers are truly something special.Danielle Hayward is returning to stand with i-LEAD for the fourth year of...
27/08/2026

Tonight’s speakers are truly something special.

Danielle Hayward is returning to stand with i-LEAD for the fourth year of the Global Women’s Safety Summit.

But Danielle’s contribution to our work goes beyond the Summit. When we were building Lizzie AI Safety, Danielle brought her compliance expertise to the process, helping us consider areas including POPIA and how we could build the tool responsibly. That kind of support behind the scenes matters enormously.

So having her back tonight, this time helping South African women better understand their rights, feels very full circle.

And then there’s Bear Fiorda.

Bear didn’t know us. He didn’t know i-LEAD. We reached out from South Africa, told him what we were trying to do — and he was willing to show up.

Bear has built an extraordinary international platform around martial arts and accessible self-defense. Free MMA’s YouTube channel alone has more than 500,000 subscribers, and his wider social media reach has previously been reported at around one million followers. More importantly to me, he founded Free MMA Gyms to make martial arts training available to people who might otherwise never be able to afford it.

For someone with that kind of reach to simply say yes, give his time and share his skills with women here in South Africa says a lot about the person behind the platform.

We’re incredibly grateful to both of them.

FREE + Virtual | 18:00 SAST
i-lead.org.za/events

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Tonight is one of the most practical evenings of the Summit. We’re talking about what women can actually do.At 18:00, Da...
27/08/2026

Tonight is one of the most practical evenings of the Summit. We’re talking about what women can actually do.

At 18:00, Danielle Hayward from Justice in Heels joins us to make South African law make sense — knowing your rights, understanding your options and protecting yourself online.

Then at 19:00, Bear Fiorda joins us from the USA.

If you’ve watched Bear online, you’ll know why we invited him. His self-defense is realistic, uncomplicated and designed around situations ordinary people may actually face.

No choreography. No complicated martial arts. Just practical skills for when things get physical.

Tonight we’re giving women more tools — legal, digital and physical.

And if you haven’t joined us yet, there’s still time. Come into the room, try Lizzie AI Safety and tell us what works, what doesn’t and what we can do to make the tool better.

Know your rights. Know your options. Know how to protect yourself.

27 August | 18:00–20:00 SAST
Virtual + FREE

Register: i-lead.org.za/events

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Day 3 | Shannon & Brett | SASS Go, USA 💛 Don’t miss out. Register for Day 4 | www.i-lead.org.za/events

26/08/2026

Day 3 | Botlhale Modisane | Tshegofatso P**e Foundation 💛 Don’t miss out. Register for Day 4 | www.i-lead.org.za/events

If you’ve been seeing the Global Women’s Safety Summit on your feed this week and wondering what we’re doing — here’s yo...
26/08/2026

If you’ve been seeing the Global Women’s Safety Summit on your feed this week and wondering what we’re doing — here’s your catch-up.

We’re two days into five days of conversations around women’s safety, bringing together organisations, advocates and experts from South Africa and around the world.

And there is still plenty to come.

Over the first two nights we’ve moved from practical women’s safety and technology, to reconnecting with our bodies, bullying, youth safety, parenting and some of the difficult realities facing our children.

Over the next three nights we move into survivor support, practical life-saving skills, recognising and responding to danger, physical self-defense, online safety and knowing your rights.

Different countries. Different expertise. Different conversations. One purpose — women’s safety in SA.

And if you missed Days 1 and 2, you haven’t missed your chance to be part of it.

🎁 Our Summit giveaway is also still running. Join us, bring a friend, try Lizzie and share your feedback. Winner announced Friday.

26–28 August | 18:00–20:00 SAST
Virtual + FREE

Register: i-lead.org.za/events

Day 3 starts tonight. đŸ©·đŸŒAt 18:00, Botlhale Modisane joins us from the Tshegofatso P**e Foundation.Then at 19:00, we go g...
26/08/2026

Day 3 starts tonight. đŸ©·đŸŒ

At 18:00, Botlhale Modisane joins us from the Tshegofatso P**e Foundation.

Then at 19:00, we go global with Shannon Henry & Brett Carney Brown from SASS Go, USA.

If you haven’t joined the Summit yet, you haven’t missed your chance. Jump in tonight — it’s virtual, it’s free and there’s still plenty to come.

🎁 And yes, there’s still time to get in on our Summit giveaway too!

26 August | 18:00–20:00 SAST
FREE + Virtual
Register: i-lead.org.za/events

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