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Data Challenge for Women’s Safety
November 8, 2021 @ 12:00 am - March 4, 2022 @ 7:00 pm
Red Dot Foundation in partnership with the Consulate General of Ireland in Mumbai will host a data challenge on Women’s Safety with University Students in India and Ireland. University College of Dublin and Education in Ireland are Knowledge and Outreach partners.
Sexual and gender-based violence is a global pandemic which affects 1 in 3 women on an average at least once in their lifetime (UN Women). In India, the number of cases seems to be higher. The National Crime Research Bureau statistics indicate that there is a rape somewhere in India every 18 minutes. Yet, the incidents are highly under-reported because of the shame and taboo associated with it. The survivor is fearful of bringing shame to herself and her family.
Red Dot Foundation has been crowd mapping sexual and gender-based violence for the last eight years on their globally awarded reporting platform Safecity. The dataset is anonymous and crowdsourced. It has reports by location, time of day and day of week as well as categories of sexual violence.
Purpose:
The aim of this data challenge is to encourage youth to look at the data and understand patterns and trends emerging that could either point to contributing factors or identify correlated features that need to be challenged or recommend possible solutions. We are looking for compelling data visualisations that will highlight the problem and point to practical solutions to address them.
Every participant will be placed in a diverse team with registered students from India and Ireland, interculturally working towards bringing about creative solutions through this Data Challenge. We are collaborating with University College of Dublin and Education in Ireland to identify students for this challenge. Jury members will comprise of Indian and Irish experts and stakeholders.
Who?
– Youth from Universities in India and Ireland will form teams. 50 from Ireland and 50 from India. (Standby 10 from each country)
– They will be put into teams with minimum one woman member.
Schedule (participation in all workshops is mandatory):
– Registration period – 8 November to 8 December 2021
– Participants selected and informed – 20 December 2021
– Team assigned and introduced – 15 January 2022
– Introductory session – Friday, 28 January 2022, 5-7 pm IST
– Data Challenge is open – 1-21 February 2022
– Master class on Gender Sensitization – Tuesday 1 Feb 2022, 5-7 pm IST
– Master class on Data Visualization – Friday 4 Feb 2022, 5-7 pm IST
– Master class on Data Mapping and Community engagement – Friday 11 Feb 2022, 5-7 pm IST
– Office hours offered for students 1-21 Feb 2022
– Submission of 1st round of pitches – 21 Feb 2022
– Jury Shortlists 8 top ideas for a final pitch – 28 February 2022
– 8 finalists informed by 1 March 2022
– Final Pitch Session – Friday 4 March 2022, 5-7 pm IST
Why should students participate?
– Opportunity to create solutions for safe spaces and prevent violence against women.
– “Learn by doing: through master classes and mentorship led by globally renowned organizations.
– Opportunity to collaborate with students across borders.
– Attend master classes on Gender Sensitization, Data Visualization and Mapping with Community engagement.
– Jury selected 3 innovative ideas will be awarded.
– Opportunity to intern with Red Dot Foundation at the individual or team level to further develop the ideas.
– All participants receive a certificate of participation.
Requirements
– Age – 18 years and above.
– The sessions will be conducted virtually on zoom. So a working internet connection is required.
– We will be using Discord as a collaboration platform.
– All sessions will be conducted in English.
– We would like to make these sessions inclusive so participants can let us know if they need sign language interpretation or any other assistance.
– Participants will be assigned to a team of two to five members. At least one member of the team will be a woman. Diversity of gender and areas of study will be considered.
Register here: https://bit.ly/DC_WS
Limited seats available. Register before 8th December 2021.
About the Consulate General of Ireland in Mumbai
The Consulate General was established in 2019 and works to promote and protect Irish interests in Maharashtra, Goa and Gujarat – working with the Irish community, promoting Irish economic interests and working to further strengthen the strong bilateral relations between Ireland and India. The Consulate promotes a greater awareness of Ireland through our arts and culture; supports the Irish state agencies; and provides a wide range of consular services.
To know more, please visit: https://www.dfa.ie/irish-consulate/mumbai/
About Red Dot Foundation
Red Dot Foundation works at the intersection of gender, data and tech, urban design and community engagement. Its flagship program is Safecity, a platform that crowdsources personal stories of sexual harassment and abuse in public and private spaces. Since the launch of the Safecity platform on 26 Dec 2012 we have collected over 35,000 stories from India and abroad and have directly reached over 1 million people.
To know more, please visit: https://www.safecity.in/
About Education in Ireland
Education in Ireland is the national brand of Enterprise Ireland, which is responsible for the promotion of Irish Higher Education Institutions overseas under the authority of the Minister for Education and Skills. Ireland’s higher education institutes offer an extensive range of over 5000 programmes that result in an internationally recognised degree and quality assured qualifications. Irish Higher education institutions are ranked amongst the best in the world and universities in Ireland rank amongst the top 5% world-wide. Ireland provides the benefits of an English-speaking education in a country that is the centre of Europe’s culture and economy. Following Brexit, Ireland is the only majority English speaking country in the European Union. With the fastest growing economy in the EU,
Ireland is a sound and reliable option for international students seeking to study and making a career abroad.
To know more, please visit: https://india.educationinireland.live/
https://www.educationinireland.com/en/
About University College Dublin
UCD is one of Europe’s leading research-intensive universities; an environment where undergraduate education, masters and PhD training, research, innovation and community engagement form a dynamic spectrum of activity.
Since its foundation, the University has made a unique contribution to the creation of modern Ireland, based on successful engagement with Irish society on every level and across every sphere of activity. The international standing of UCD has grown in recent years; it is currently ranked within the top 1% of higher education institutions world-wide. UCD is also Ireland’s most globally engaged university with over 33,000 students drawn from 144 countries. As Ireland’s largest university, with its great strength and diversity of disciplines, UCD embraces its role to contribute to the flourishing of Ireland through the study of people, society, business, economy, culture, language, and the creative arts, as well as through research and innovation.
To know more, please visit: https://www.ucd.ie/