safecity activities
From the Field: Rise Up
At Safecity we are cultivating a culture where no individual is left behind on sensitisation about their own rights, and a big part of which is being aware of gender equality, prevention of sexual harassment, and being armed with the legal arsenal like POSH and POCSO. Taking up [...]Read more
From the Field: Amplify Change
Yesterday, our CEO & Founder, ElsaMarie D’Siva visited Kasewadi and Premnagar – two communities in Pune currently acting as the hub for our Amplify Change initiative. Accompanying Elsa was Tania Fernandes, our Director of Operations and Partnerships, as well as [...]Read more
A Dialogue about Women Safety via Nukkad Natak
On December 03, 2019, Safecity along with Sukhmanch Theater enacted a Nukkad Natak at Sarvodaya Camp, Kalka Ji, Delhi regarding Women Safety. A Nukkad Natak is a form of play where the actors perform on a street with a live audience. A team of around 40 people from Sukhmanch [...]Read more
Explaining ‘Touching Safety Rules’ at DAV Public School, Patna
Naina Jha conducted a workshop for the female students of class 4th & 5th of DAV Public School, BSEB Colony, Patna on 1st August, 2019. It was attended by 350 girls. The workshop began by asking the girls to name their body parts. Interestingly, none of the received answers [...]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
Reclaiming Public Spaces through Sports: Bandra Plot
On the 16th of April, the last day of the Anti- Street Harassment week, 13 girls from Bandra Plot occupied a space generally used by boys. During our campaign with the girls of Bandra Plot, it became clear that the girls did not access many public spaces for a variety of reasons- [...]Read more
Join me with Safecity for a discussion on Safe and Sustainable Cities
Anuja Sawant Sarangdhar is an environmental services professional, brought up in Mumbai, and now lives in New Jersey. She has worked with not-for-profit organizations that promote green chemistry, renewable energy, energy conservation, and carbon footprint reduction. She has also [...]Read more
Safecity Monthly Update – March 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
SafeGoa: Updates from Panjim and Ponda
Over the last two months, Safecity in collaboration with The Bachchao project, have been doing some fantastic work in the cities of Panjim and Ponda under the project SafeGoa. SafeGoa aims to create a platform where data on sexual harassment in public spaces can be collected by [...]Read more
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