safe public spaces
How safe is Delhi?- Safety Audit by Safecity
Our Youth Outreach Officer, Jyoti Goyal conducted a SAFETY AUDIT at four public spaces in Delhi on October 28, 2019, in order to honour the 16 Days of Activism. The four places selected were- Nehru Place Market, Astha Kunj Road, Hans Raj Sethi Marg and Nehru Place Bus Stop on [...]Read more
Analysis of perpetrator psychology at Patna Women’s College
Naina Jha conducted a workshop for the students of the Department of Sociology, Patna Women’s College on 29th July. The workshop was attended by 200 girls. The workshop commenced by asking questions like what makes them feel safe/unsafe and what precautions do they take to [...]Read more
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
Know Our Team: Building a Better Society for Future Generations
Know Our Team is a series that attempts to bring to you the stories of our team, share our experiences, why we do what we do and special moments that have left an indelible mark in each of our lives. Ashwini Syed is Safecity’s Training Manager and has been conducting [...]Read more
Sustainable Cities & Communities: Increasing Accessibility for Women
Bency Ramakrishnan is student of Law and Public Policy. My intention to bring about a change in the society has always been guided by my strongest belief in the right to equality, from socio-economic and gender perspectives. I wish to witness a society around me that is not a [...]Read more
Safecity Monthly Update – April 2016
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
SDG 11 : Sustainable Cities & Communities – An Overview
For the entire month of April, Safecity made a case for safety, especially women’s safety in our cities and communities – one of the targets of UN’s Sustainable Development Goals. As a part of this worldwide effort, our focus was on Goal 11 – ‘Make cities inclusive, safe, [...]Read more
Point of View : What Safe Public Spaces mean to a Young Girl navigating the Streets
Anoushka Gupta recently graduated from The Shri Ram School, Moulsari. She is a passionate crusader for child’s rights, women’s rights and the environment. Through her writing, she hopes to inspire other young girls to assert their rights and campaign for a better [...]Read more
Safe Cycling in Indian Cities
Our brilliant Twitter Curator, Anuja Sawant @anujasaw, held a TweetChat on ‘Safe Cycling in Indian Cities’ #SafecycleSDG11. This month, we discussed SDG – 11 – Sustainable Cities & Communities on Twitter. This TweetChat was an attempt by our Curator to [...]Read more
International Anti-Street Harassment Week: Take a Stand against Street Harassment
The Digital Empowerment Foundation collaborated with us on an online campaign to spread awareness about 'Preventing Sexual Harassment through Digital Tools.'Read more