October, 2018
Sexual Violence: A Global Pandemic/29th September to 6th October 2018
Sexual Violence: A Global Pandemic Written by Sabah Batul 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 is [...]Read more
Talking about Online Abuse at the Online Safety Summit
SheThePeople.TV hosted the Online Safety Summit for Women on 29th September, 2018 in Mumbai, empowered by UN Women, Facebook and ColorsTV. The aim of the summit was to kick start conversations on major safety challenges faced by women and other communities in the digital space, [...]Read more
Talking about Sexual Harassment in Colleges in Mumbai
Safecity conducted a Sexual Harassment awareness workshop in HR College, Mumbai on 24th September 2018 for about 65 students. The session began with understanding safe spaces. Students were asked to write about three things they did that made them feel safe, for example, carrying [...]Read more
Survivors- Breaking the Silence around Child Sexual Abuse
On 3rd October, ElsaMarie D’Silva, @elsamariedsilva our Founder conducted a chat on @pinthecreep with Eirliani A Rahman @eirliani talking about her new book- ‘Survivors- Breaking the Silence around Child Sexual Abuse’ The book was written with an intention of [...]Read more
UNDER THE LIHAAF- The ‘threat’ of queer desire
Titas Ghosh is the Program and Outreach Officer at Delhi. She is a Political Science graduate who completed her Masters in Women’s Studies from Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai. She gained experience working for a feminist organisation in Mumbai, as part of her Masters’ [...]Read more
Discussing Gender Roles and Stereotypes with the youth of Delhi
On 20th September, Vanshika Deswal, our Youth Outreach Officer in Delhi, conducted an Awareness Workshop at Sri Venketeswara College with around 30 students. The discussion included topics varying from gender, sex and stereotypes to consent and laws on sexual harassment. [...]Read more
Reclaiming Art: An Evaluation of the Works of Nadine Mahoney
Kartika Puri, an undergraduate student at Ashoka University, explores writerly migrations between the spheres of art, society, and politics. Reclaiming Art: An Evaluation of the Works of Nadine Mahoney In Roman writer Pliny the Elder’s Natural History, attributed is the genesis [...]Read more