sexual harassment
Dodging nudges and touches in Public Transport
When we conduct awareness workshops in schools, colleges and communities, many share their stories with us. For some, it is the first time they are breaking their silence about the harassment they have experienced. While maintaining the confidentiality and their privacy, we want [...]Read more
अभी तो और निर्भया और आसिफ़ा आएँगी
Yamini Parashar is pursuing her BA from Delhi university. She likes to write poems and observe things and is concerned with social issues. She identifies herself as a feminist and sees herself as a clinical psychologist in a few years. She’s been a part of a few poetry programmes [...]Read more
Objectified
Yamini Parashar is pursuing her BA from Delhi university. She likes to write poems and observe things and is concerned with social issues. She identifies herself as a feminist and sees herself as a clinical psychologist in a few years. She’s been a part of a few poetry programmes [...]Read more
Young School Girls Stalked in Patna
Naina Jha conducted an awareness workshop about sexual harassment at S.R. Vidyapeeth School on 27th April 2019, for 80 students. Sexual harassment is of various types- verbal, non-verbal and physical. We often normalise the non-verbal sexual harassment like staring, ogling etc [...]Read more
Politalks- Street Harassment and Urban Planning
As part of the #AntiStreetHarassmentWeek we had #Politalks– a discussion on street harassment and the role of urban planning in making public spaces more inclusive. The session was co-facilitated by Vihang Jumle and Priya Tiwari. They touched upon numerous topics, from the [...]Read more
One Dead Dusk
One Dead Dusk That was a beautiful evening I could share my happiness with all, Things seemed to be prettier that moment when I halt… A wave of thrills crisped me inside… my soul lightened with craze! Didn’t think I was going to learn of The life [...]Read more
The 10 Year Challenge that we haven’t cared about
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. The 10 Year Challenge As we know, social media was [...]Read more
Identifying Sexual Harassment in Public Spaces
Naina Jha conducted a workshop creating awareness about sexual harassment for 30 girls of Be For Nation post their school lectures. She conducted the workshop on 24-25th January in Patna, Bihar. The workshop began by asking the girls whether they knew what harassment was. They [...]Read more
Knowing when to say ‘No’- talking consent and sexual harassment in Delhi University
Safecity conducted a workshop creating awareness about Sexual Harassment on 16th January’19, at Kamla Nehru, University of Delhi. The purpose of this interactive session was to broaden the awareness on vital topics, like- Rights, consent, Zero FIR, etc, which surround [...]Read more
Breaking the Stigma of Mental Health, Building Safer Communities for Survivors of Abuse
On Friday 1st December 2018, Radhika Shankar @rads_shanks conducted a tweetchat on “Breaking the Stigma of Mental Health, Building Safer Communities for Survivors of Abuse” during the 16 days of activism against gender-based violence. The chat began by asking the [...]Read more