September, 2015
Young Girls Campaign Against Sexual Harassment
Around 20 girls, aged between 13 to 18 years, associated with Vacha Resource Center for Women and Girls recently undertook a campaign on sexual harassment in their basti (slum area) located in Sanjay Gandhi Nagar, Jogeswari (East). This campaign is in partnership with Safecity. [...]Read more
Stuck in a Gray Area?
Renita Siqueira is currently pursuing her third year of BMM in Mumbai. She has been an avid reader since childhood. Being a creative person, she enjoys art and craft and makes cards for family and friends and paints t-shirts. Movies, books and listening to music are a part of [...]Read more
Suicide Prevention Day: Talking about Mental Health Awareness
Mental health awareness and suicide prevention are two of the many burning issues of the 21st century. With growing competitive spirits and ever increasing stress levels, mental well being is at stake and suicide rates are on a rise. The gravity of the problem increases with [...]Read more
Talking About Wage Parity
Our Twitter Curator, Vijeye Devuni, held a TweetChat this week on Wage Parity and Safe working conditions for women. As always,our participants shared their valuable insights and ideas. Here’s the discussion, one tweet at a time! https://storify.com/Iridescent98/equality-in-wageRead more
Ab Toh Bolo Kuch! – A Street Play on Sexual Harassment
Safecity has teamed up with the Mumbai University NSS Unit to take the fight against sexual harassment to colleges across the city. In this effort, Safecity has been sanctioned a 10 hour project with 11 colleges for the year 2015-2016. These projects would include workshops, on [...]Read more
Feminism & Writing.
Shreya Ila Anasuya, our Twitter Curator this past week, held a TweetChat on Feminism & Writing. The discussion extended to racism, stereotypes, role models and entertaining ideas without accepting them in Literature while also highlighting that Literature is not only [...]Read more
Children & Financial Independence.
Our Twitter Curator Namrata Sadhvani held a TweetChat last week on the importance of teaching kids Financial Independence. A lot of creative & helpful ideas were shared by our awesome participants and also some sound advice. Check out the discussion below, one tweet at a [...]Read more
Navigating the City as a Woman
A couple of days back, our Twitter Curator Namrata Sadhvani hosted a TweetChat with Kiran Manral, the author of All Aboard, Once Upon A Crush and The Reluctant Detective. Check out the intriguing discussion tweet by tweet with inputs by our awesome twitter followers! [...]Read more
Can Women in Decision Making Positions Make a Difference?
Our Twitter Curator, Manjulatha,held a TweetChat last Friday on whether women in decision-making positions can make a difference in tackling women’s issues at the workplace. Check out the discussion below one tweet at a time. [...]Read more
First Safecity Workshop in Goa
In August 2015, Safecity conducted its first ever workshop in Goa. A workshop on “Gender Sensitivity and Sexual Harassment” was conducted with the students of Don Bosco College, Panjim on 13th August, 2015. The workshop was attended by 31 participants comprising 16 girls and 15 [...]Read more