December, 2017

Sexual Violence: A Global Pandemic / 9th-15th December
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 Health [...]Read more

A tattoo on her skin.
Sabah Batul provides services as a content writer at an ad-agency. She loves to write, and explore social issues via her poetry. She volunteers at other NGOs, as she believes in being the change she wants to see. Sabah has volunteered at Safecity, as it is the Justice League of [...]Read more

Safecity at We the Women festival
On 10 Dec 2017, Safecity hosted a stall at We The Women curated by Barkha Dutt at Mehboob Studio, Bandra. We hosted a live mapping activity to represent what our web and mobile app do in the online space and also demonstrated the reporting process on our mobile app to all those [...]Read more

POSH Awareness workshop in Patna
POSH Awareness Workshop in Patna Naina Jha conducted an Awareness Workshop about Prevention of Sexual Harassment against women at the Workplace (POSH) for 40 under-graduate girls at Indian Institute of Business Management (IIBM) in Patna on 1st December, 2017. She writes, [...]Read more

GBV and ways to end it.
Last Friday, Naina Jha @27nainajha conducted a tweetchat on what Gender-Based Violence is and ways to bring it to an end. This chat was conducted during the 16 days of activism against violence against women. The chat began by first discussing what constitutes GBV and the [...]Read more

Sexual Violence: A Global Pandemic / 2nd-8th December
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 Health [...]Read more

Child Sexual Abuse and the hurt it causes
Sonia Rathore a student of forensics is currently pursuing her Masters. She is a firm supporter of “Gender Equality” and believes that everyone has their own sense of self-dignity that earns respect. She is an animal lover and has always excelled in academics and all other [...]Read more

Awareness about Puberty and Menstruation
Naina Jha conducted a workshop creating awareness about Puberty and Menstruation on 27th November, 2017 at St. Louis School in Patna for 27 girls from standard VII to X. One of the teachers said that, ‘It was really fulfilling that an opportunity was provided to girls to [...]Read more

Women, Health and Education #16Days
On 1st December 2017, Abdul Mufeez Shaheed @abdulmshaheed hosted a tweetchat on the topic ‘Women, Health and Education’ on @pinthecreep. Important questions were raised, such as how conflict and disaster can disrupt women’s access to education and how men can [...]Read more

Sex Education: A must for all – be it 4 or 40 year olds!
Nandini Arora is an aspiring actuary who loves to write. Although married to numbers, her first love has always been books and writing. She regularly writes about issues such as women’s safety, Feminism, LGBTQ etc. on her blog nandiniaroraweb.wordpress.com. Sex Education: A must [...]Read more