harassment
Street Harassment
On 19th July Shivani @shivii_26 conducted a Tweetchat on – “Street Harassment” This is a topic that resonates with all of us, irrespective of age. The chat opened with the question of whether we should confront the situation when someone tries to harass us. It had the [...]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
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
Safecity Circle meets for Anti-Street Harassment Week
On 7th April, Vanshika Siya Deswal, Youth Outreach Officer at Safecity, launched the pilot session of Safecity Circles in Delhi on the first day of Anti-Street Harassment Week. The theme was sexual harassment and transgender visibility. The circle talked about issues of Safety in [...]Read more
Elder Abuse
Debarati Bhowmick is currently pursuing her post- graduation from Mumbai University. Dancing and writing are her passion. She writes short poems in my her time and she loves to interact with people from diverse backgrounds. Elder Abuse Well, what is the first thing that pops up [...]Read more
Need for Economic Empowerment of Women
On 11th Jan 2019, Varsha Bhargavi @VarshaBhargavi conducted a tweetchat on the ‘Need for Economic Empowerment of Women’. Varsha began the chat with a startling fact that the labour force participation rate among all Indian women is 27% and a mere 19% in urban areas. [...]Read more
A Day in the Life of a Female H&M Garment Worker
Kartika Puri, an undergraduate student at Ashoka University, explores writerly migrations between the spheres of art, society, and politics. A Day in the Life of a Female H&M Garment Worker Hennes & Mauritz (H&M) is the famed fast-fashion retailer, manufacturing [...]Read more
Know Your Rights Workshop
A ‘Know Your Rights’ Workshop was held at the Undergraduate Hostel for Girls in Mukherjee Nagar, Delhi on Friday, 13th April, 2018. It was held as a part of Anti-Street Harassment week. Around 30+ students participated in the workshop. The workshop focused on creating awareness [...]Read more
Mannequin Challenge
8th-14th April, 2018 was marked as International Anti-Street Harassment week. This week is an opportunity to collectively raise awareness that street harassment happens and that it’s not okay. It is a program to stop street harassment. An activity was conducted by our [...]Read more
Confessions of a Troller
The belief that “A pen is mightier than a sword” tends to dominate Megha Yadav’s principles when it comes to communicating her ideas to the world. She enunciates to the fact that the heart-staking words which can be gently penned down have always been the cause of Renaissance [...]Read more