September, 2018
Sexual Violence: A Global Pandemic/8th to 15th September 2018
Sexual Violence: A Global Pandemic Written by Vritti Gulati Blogging Team Sexual violence is a global pandemic. One in three women experiences sexual or physical violence – most likely from their intimate partner, according to a report from the World Health Organization. There [...]Read more
Women-Oriented Planning and Zoning Policy
On 14th September, Nidhi Gulati @gulatinidhi conducted a tweetchat on the importance of Women-Oriented Planning and Zoning Policy. The chat began by asking the audience members the last planning/zoning/building code hurdle they had to combat and the new policies they would like [...]Read more
Creating Awareness among Youth to prevent Sexual Harassment
Naina Jha conducted an awareness workshop about Sexual Harassment for 25 students of BBA in IIBM college, Patna on 2nd September, 2018. The workshop began with an ice breaker asking the students what made them feel safe and unsafe and the precautions they take to ensure their [...]Read more
Sexual Harassment among Men: A Stark Reality
Anna Anandita is a 23 year old hailing from the temple city Bhubaneswar, Odisha. She is currently pursuing M.Tech in Chemical Engineering in National Institute of Technology, Srinagar. Apart from academics, she enjoys writing, painting, dancing and occasional singing. She is [...]Read more
06.09.2018 a victorious date in history for the LGBT Community in India
Khushali Jaiswal is an easy going, adventurous student of Miranda House. She has a predominantly loud and bubbly character with a vision to have a PepperSprayFreeIndia for women. She feels feminism is the way of life and with just a sound of feminine in it doesn’t make it a [...]Read more
World Suicide Prevention Day
On 10th September 2018, we invited people and organisations to ‘Be a Buddy’ and had a tweetchat at the end of the day with organisations working on suicide prevention in Mumbai and Pune. Ishmeet Nagpal @IshmeetNagpal and Connecting NGO @connectingngo joined as buddies [...]Read more
Gender and Public Spaces
On Friday 7th September, Priyali Sur @priyalisur conducted a tweetchat on the different aspects of gender in public spaces. The chat began by talking about the intersections between gender and social identities like caste, religion, region, race, sexuality, etc and the [...]Read more
Youth Innovation Challenge- Session 2
The finalists of the Youth Innovation Challenge had their second session at Godrej- The Trees in Vikhroli, Mumbai on 8th September. The day began with Supreet K Singh our Director and COO, setting the tone for the day with a brief introduction of all the sessions. Our finalists [...]Read more
Sexual Violence: A Global Pandemic/1st to 7th September 2018
Sexual Violence: A Global Pandemic Written by Blessy Varghese Blogging Team Sexual violence is a global pandemic. One in three women experiences sexual or physical violence – most likely from their intimate partner, according to a report from the World Health Organization. There [...]Read more
Raising Gender-Sensitive Children
Pulkit Bhasin is currently in 11th grade. He thoroughly enjoys reading, writing, and playing cricket. He has volunteered at other organizations as well where he has taken up a plethora of roles from database management to teaching underprivileged children. He relishes the [...]Read more