Safecity Activities
Safecity at SISF and CityLab
ElsaMarie D’Silva is the CoFounder & Managing Director of Safecity that crowdmaps sexual harassment in public spaces, and is a 2015 Aspen New Voices Fellow. You can follow her on twitter @elsamariedsilva Safecity at SISF and CityLab One of the United Nations Sustainable [...]Read more
Jab Nari me ho Shakti Sari, Phir Bhi Kyun Nari Bechari – A Street Play
The Safecity Campus Ambassador Program aims at creating safer public spaces for women and for speaking up against sexual violence by engaging a group of young college students in a 6 months long program that includes conducting workshops, on ground activities and surveys. This [...]Read more
Man Ka Mail Mitao, Samaj Surakshit Banao – A Street Play on Gender Based Violence
Safecity has teamed up with the Mumbai University NSS Unit to take the fight against sexual harassment to colleges across the city. In this effort, Safecity has been sanctioned a 10 hour project with 11 colleges for the year 2015-2016. These projects would include workshops, on [...]Read more
Safecity Training Program for Polycom Development Project and SEE-W
Safecity along with Polycom Development Project based in Kibera, Kenya and Social Empowerment by Empowering Women (SEE-W) based in Kathmandu, Nepal are crowd-mapping sexual violence in public spaces of Kibera and Kathmandu, respectively. This project is made possible as a result [...]Read more
Safecity Celebrates the Joy of Giving
Safecity in association with Daan Utsav and Indian Oil set up a booth at the Indian Oil petrol pump opposite Majas Bus Depot in Jogeshwari (E) for two days as a part of the Joy of Giving Week. We engaged with people coming into the petrol pump and did surveys around the petrol [...]Read more
Young Girls Campaign Against Sexual Harassment
Around 20 girls, aged between 13 to 18 years, associated with Vacha Resource Center for Women and Girls recently undertook a campaign on sexual harassment in their basti (slum area) located in Sanjay Gandhi Nagar, Jogeswari (East). This campaign is in partnership with Safecity. [...]Read more
Ab Toh Bolo Kuch! – A Street Play on Sexual Harassment
Safecity has teamed up with the Mumbai University NSS Unit to take the fight against sexual harassment to colleges across the city. In this effort, Safecity has been sanctioned a 10 hour project with 11 colleges for the year 2015-2016. These projects would include workshops, on [...]Read more
An experience with Rodinhoods
The Safecity team participated in “The Rodinhoods Open House” hosted by IIT Delhi on 9th November, 2013. The event was aimed at encouraging businesses, NGO’s and social causes and providing them with necessary guidance. Mr Alok Rodinhood Kejriwal led the event and shared his [...]Read more