June, 2019
Cloak around Women’s Sexual and Reproductive Health Rights
On 21st June Richa Hingorani @RichaHingorani conducted a Tweetchat on Women’s Sexual and Reproductive Health rights (SRHR)– The chat began by asking the audience what they understood about women’s SRHR and how she can realize her rights. The audience responded that SRHR is a [...]Read more
Waste is a Feminist Issue
Kartika Puri, an undergraduate student at Ashoka University, explores writerly migrations between the spheres of art, society, and politics. Waste is a Feminist Issue By the year, India produces 62 million tonnes of waste. Informal waste pickers collect a sizeable amount of it. [...]Read more
Gender and the Oceans
On 14th June we had Raakhee Suryaprakash @10sunshinegal conduct a tweetchat on Gender and the Oceans As per the latest FAO report, it was noticed that even though women form 50% of the workforce in fisheries the wage gap is high. The chat began by asking the audience how this gap [...]Read more
Beating Air Pollution
On 7th June 2019, Yashorma Sandal @Yashorma1 conducted a Tweetchat on “Beating Air Pollution” The chat began by discussing the theme of Environment Day by the United Nations. In 2018, the theme was “beat plastic pollution” and this year it is “beat air pollution”. The audiences [...]Read more
Emerging Leaders- Blessy Varghese
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
Jamuna Tudu: A Tale of Feminist Environmentalism
Kartika Puri, an undergraduate student at Ashoka University, explores writerly migrations between the spheres of art, society, and politics. Jamuna Tudu: A Tale of Feminist Environmentalism In India, 24.39 per cent of the geographical terrain is forestland. Innumerous Adivasi [...]Read more
अभी तो और निर्भया और आसिफ़ा आएँगी
Yamini Parashar is pursuing her BA from Delhi university. She likes to write poems and observe things and is concerned with social issues. She identifies herself as a feminist and sees herself as a clinical psychologist in a few years. She’s been a part of a few poetry programmes [...]Read more
How this Martial Art Practice protected me from Harassment
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
Tech for Safety
On 31st May 2019 Manjulatha Kalanidhi @mkalanidhi conducted a Tweetchat on – “Tech For Safety” The chat began by asking the audience whether technology helps in aiding safety or is it just a superficial solution to a deep rooted problem. A few members agreed that technology helps [...]Read more
Safecity Monthly Updates: May 2019
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