April, 2019
Balance for Better with Vital Voices
On 2nd March we had our fourth edition of the Vital Voices Global Mentoring Walk, one among the 174 walks organised this year. In partnership with Prerana Anti-Human Trafficking Centre we witnessed 24 pairs of mentors and mentees learn from each other, find ways to make their [...]Read more
Identifying Street Harassment
Safecity conducted a workshop in collaboration with Gupshup at Kamla Nehru School with 80 students including both boys and girls on 16th April, 2019. The subject of the workshop was Awareness on Street Harassment. It was shocking to know that the students were very much familiar [...]Read more
In Loving Memory of Shin Ae Tassia
Yesterday morning, April 22nd 2017, at 4:19 am, our favorite warrior, amazing sister, and friend, Shin Ae Tassia left us. As Shin Ae always said, she may have had Stage 4 metastatic breast cancer, but she was always searching for and working toward Stage 5 – the cure. She lived [...]Read more
Busting the Myth of Girl-on-Girl Hate
On 19th April, Yeshna Dindoyal @_Yeshna conducted a Tweetchat on – “Busting the myth of Girl on Girl Hate” The Tweetchat began by asking the question what exactly was girl on girl hate. The audience responded that there is actually no hate in women; it’s just a form of rivalry or [...]Read more
Youth for Change
On 17th April, Safecity conducted a tweetchat with The Gender Lab @TheGenderLab about their fellowship program and youth for change. The chat began by noting the biggest challenges for young girls in India and what can be done to bridge this gap of inadequate opportunities for [...]Read more
Why Urban Planning Matters
Soumya Diddi, is a B-Tech graduate and has experience in digital marketing. She supports gender equality, child education and strives consistently for growth of knowledge. She says “One should never stop learning and should try new things breaking their comfort zones to succeed [...]Read more
Learning to Deal with Workplace Harassment
Does workplace sexism exist? Yes, it definitely does. The Heads of HR, Occupational Engagement, CSR and a member of an Internal Committee showed us real life examples of workplace harassment. We conducted a workshop creating awareness about the Prevention of Sexual Harassment of [...]Read more
Politalks- Street Harassment and Urban Planning
As part of the #AntiStreetHarassmentWeek we had #Politalks– a discussion on street harassment and the role of urban planning in making public spaces more inclusive. The session was co-facilitated by Vihang Jumle and Priya Tiwari. They touched upon numerous topics, from the [...]Read more
Talking Street Harassment by Torch Light
The lack of electricity did not deter this young crowd from participating and they drew their experiences and thoughts by torch light wholeheartedly. In our community meet-up in Premnagar, Pune, 15 children and youth made colourful charts related to street harassment during [...]Read more
Making Adolescents a National Priority
On 12th April, Dasra @dasra conducted a Tweetchat on “Making Adolescents a National Priority” The Tweetchat began by sharing the link to “Ab Meri Baari” a short film that emphasized prioritizing adolescent issues. The first question was that since 15 million adolescents are [...]Read more