November, 2018
Talking about Puberty and Menstruation in Bihar
Naina Jha conducted an awareness session on Puberty and Menstruation for 30 girls of Saraswati Vidya Mandir School on 29th of October in Patna, Bihar. Naina asked them if they had heard of the word “Puberty”. Many of the girls were not aware of the term. When asked what puberty [...]Read more
Questioning Gender Roles and its Effects
On 31st October, 2018 our volunteer conducted a session on Gender Roles and its Effects in Society at Siddharth Nagar in Amravati. 15 girls and women participated in this session. The session began by comparing the home to a school where a child first learns to socialise. [...]Read more
#MeToo and the Way Forward
On 2nd Nov 2018, Indian Women Blog @indianwomenblog conducted a tweetchat with Shaili Chopra @shailichopra, the Founder of @SheThePeopleTV about her new book #FeministRani, the recent #MeToo movement in India and the way forward. The chat began by asking Shaili the new [...]Read more
Safecity Monthly Updates: October 2018
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
What #GirlsShouldBe- International Day of the Girl Child
Naina Jha writes, “On International Day of the Girl Child, I conducted a session with the girls of Rainbow Homes in Paṭna. There were 30 girls and 5 teachers and the theme was #GirlsShouldBe. I asked them what they thought a girl should be and they poured their hearts out. [...]Read more