July, 2017
Women’s Sexual Rights in India
Shriya Sharma is a third year law student, brilliant at academics and exceptional at extra curricular. She is a strong supporter of women empowerment. Women’s Sexual Rights in India Sexuality is a core dimension of being human. For sustainable development, women and [...]Read more
Safecity Monthly Newsletter : July 2017
Safecity is growing exponentially and we’re constantly working hard to translate our vision to reality. Because we don’t want you to miss out on our work, we’ve decided to put together a monthly column to tell you about what we’ve been up to. You can sign up for our [...]Read more
Life After Sexual Harassment at the Workplace
On Friday 28th July, Raakhee Suryaprakash, @10sunshinegal, conducted a tweetchat on Life After Sexual Harassment at the Workplace talking about therapy and rehabilitation. The chat focused on aiding and helping survivors of workplace harassment through the trauma of it and to [...]Read more
Sexual Violence: A Global Pandemic/ July 22nd-28th
Sexual Violence: A Global Pandemic Written by Nikunj Morarka Policy and Legal Team Sexual violence is a global pandemic. One in three women experience sexual or physical violence – most likely from their intimate partner, according to a report from the World [...]Read more
Legal Roundtables- Part 1
On 24th July, 2017, Safecity and Shethepeople collaborated to host the first in a series of Legal Roundtables at Lala Lajpatrai College, Mumbai, where students were given insights about women’s rights. The panel consisted of Ms. Devyani Kacker and Ms. Saumya Dadoo and was [...]Read more
Harassment at the Workplace
Naina Jha is the Program and Outreach Officer at Patna. She is a PR professional working with Greymatters Communications. She has worked with hospitals, advertising and PR agencies and has been working with ICWA to educate slum kids since 2005. She has also worked as a freelancer [...]Read more
Know Our Team: Actively Working for Society
Know Our Team is a series that attempts to bring to you the stories of our team, share our experiences, why we do what we do and special moments that have left an indelible mark in each of our lives. Noorjahan Ansari is the Program and Outreach Officer at Ahmedabad. She has a [...]Read more
CNNYP bringing in ‘Women Empowerment’ with its 2017 Edition
After organising India’s largest Youth Parliament in Patna last year, with 600 participants, Chanakya Niti National Youth Parliament (CNNYP) is organising its second edition in the capital of India, in collaboration with Gandhi Smriti Darshan Samiti at Rajghat. Their first [...]Read more
Society, Institutions and Injustice
Pragati Dabas, a 19-year-old sophomore, has a deep inclination towards studying the social and economic issues plaguing our nation and the world. Fascinated by the power of words, she wishes to eradicate the ignorance of people through her passion and love for writing. Besides [...]Read more
Prevention of Sexual Harassment at the Workplace
On Friday, 21st July, Kirthi Jayakumar @kirthijayakumar conducted a tweetchat creating awareness about the Prevention of Sexual Harassment Against Women at the Workplace (POSH) Act. The chat began by discussing the very basics of what a workplace is and how its definition has [...]Read more