February, 2019
A Day on Social Inclusion
On 21st February’19, Safecity attended an event hosted by PVR Nest and Indus Action, celebrating “A Day On Social Inclusion” at Connaught Place, New Delhi. The event began as the Senior Vice President of PVR, Ms Deepa Menon, welcomed everyone and introduced the [...]Read more
What would you like to tell a survivor?
On the occasion of One Billion Rising, our team in Delhi, under the guidance of Vanshika Siya Deswal, put up a stall where students were welcome to come and write messages that they would wish to convey to survivors of sexual harassment. Here are some of them- [...]Read more
The Role of Police in Preventing Gender-Based Violence
On 22nd February 2019, Aditya Gupta @adi_gupta conducted a tweetchat on the role of police in GBV prevention The chat began with asking the audience to share about their encounters with police officers. Later a question was raised regarding how people usually perceive the police [...]Read more
Swedish Dads Indian Dads photo exhibition in Pune
On 14th February 2019, the #SwedishDadsIndianDads photo exhibition was inauguration in Pune. The display is on the road itself open to the public along the Mumbai-Pune highway from Sandvik to Atlas Copco to Alfa Laval all Swedish companies. [...]Read more
Emerging Leaders: Shibani Chakravorty
Safecity is celebrating the journey of people who have emerged as leaders as our campaigns progressed in their communities through our blog series “Safecity Emerging Leaders”. Read the inspiring stories of these individuals who are passionate about making their neighbourhoods [...]Read more
Safecity at the Internship Fair in Hans Raj, DU
On 15th January 2019, Safecity put up a stall at the Internship Fair of Hans Raj College, University of Delhi. The purpose was mainly to recruit Campus Ambassadors, Graphic Designers, Bloggers and Social Media volunteers. On the occasion of One Billion Rising was included- asking [...]Read more
Illustrated Stories
Illustrated Stories was a workshop on using comic illustrations to tell stories and was a part of the One Billion Rising movement. This workshop was help on 16th Feb 2019 at ISDI Mumbai. The theme of the workshop was talking about Gender issues through art.The participants [...]Read more
Invisible Illnesses: Navigating Gender and Mental Health
On Friday 15th February, Swarnima Bhattacharya @SwarnsB conducted a tweet interview with White Swan Foundation @mentalhealthind talking about invisible illnesses and their intersection with gender and mental health. The chat began with asking the question, Why are chronic [...]Read more
Volunteer Experience at Swedish Dads Indian Dads Exhibition
I’m grateful to Safecity for giving me this opportunity. I loved the picture of a Swedish dad combing his daughter’s hair while she is crying. During the exhibition I was amazed to see that people in India do want to imbibe the concept of gender equality in India via [...]Read more
Discussing gender with young girls in Satara
Safecity (Red Dot Foundation) and Suzlon Foundation along with Adar NGO conducted a Gender Sensitivity workshop at the Padamavati High School Katitak, Satara on 29th January 2019 as part of One Billion Rising. Girls and boys from class 8th, 9th and 10th along with their teachers [...]Read more