gender
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
Gender Socialisation and what it means
Naina Jha conducted a discussion on “Gender Socialisation” on 17th November, 2018 as part of the SPEAK! campaign organised by CIVICUS. 12 people participated in the discussion on how socialization shapes gender prospects in an individual. Since there were both male and female [...]Read more
SPEAK and Listen
SPEAK! is a global campaign that has been created to help give a voice to everyone, everywhere. As part of the speak campaign Safecity organised a sit down discussion on Gender Issues at Malabar Hill, Mumbai. The discussion was moderated by Vihang Jumle from the Safecity team. It [...]Read more
Kahaaniya- Stories of our Gender
The event “Kahaniya- Stories of our Gender” about hearing and sharing stories of struggles, healing, hope and courage fighting gender-based violence and biases was organised on November 17, 2018 in Sambookas, New Delhi. It began with an introduction session where everyone had to [...]Read more
Gender Sensitization Workshop at Delhi University
Our Youth Outreach Officer from Delhi, Vanshika Siya Deswal, conducted a Gender Sensitization workshop at Department of Philosophy, Delhi University for its students and teachers on 12th of November. To break the silence, we asked the audience to share their personal experiences [...]Read more
Everything Wrong with Indian Advertisements
Komal Gesala is currently studying in T.Y.BCom from Mithibai College. She loves writing short stories and blogging in her spare time. Everything Wrong with Indian Advertisements Since its inception, media in its every form has a great impact on the society. An average adult [...]Read more
Social Entrepreneurship- For and By Women
As a precursor to the Sankalp Global Forum, 2018, Safecity had a chat with them on Twitter @SankalpForum about Social Entrepreneurship- For and By Women keeping in mind their Gender Track. The chat began by acknowledging the #MeToo movement in India and asked the audience for [...]Read more
Talking about Online Abuse at the Online Safety Summit
SheThePeople.TV hosted the Online Safety Summit for Women on 29th September, 2018 in Mumbai, empowered by UN Women, Facebook and ColorsTV. The aim of the summit was to kick start conversations on major safety challenges faced by women and other communities in the digital space, [...]Read more
Discussing Gender Roles and Stereotypes with the youth of Delhi
On 20th September, Vanshika Deswal, our Youth Outreach Officer in Delhi, conducted an Awareness Workshop at Sri Venketeswara College with around 30 students. The discussion included topics varying from gender, sex and stereotypes to consent and laws on sexual harassment. [...]Read more
Gender-Sensitisation Through Culinary Skills
Tania Fernandes conducted a gender-sensitization session with a group of children in NIBM Pune on 14th September 2018. The children challenged stereotypical gender roles by working in the kitchen together. They made biscuit modaks keeping in tune with the festive season! The [...]Read more