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Women and Political Participation in India
Komal Gesala is currently studying in T.Y.BCom from Mithibai College. She loves writing short stories and blogging in her spare time. Women and Political Participation in India India has been a democratic country since since 1947, the first elections of this democratic country [...]Read more
Groped in a Stampede
19th December 2017. Around 10.30 am in broad daylight at Andheri Station, Mumbai I had just gotten out of a train and was heading to the staircase to get to the overhead footbridge. There was a lot of crowd, leading to a mini- stampede situation. I lost my sister’s hand in [...]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
Let’s Connect- Safety
LET’S CONNECT Date- 16 March, 2019 Time- 1-3 PM The session on 16th March was a pilot session. The discussion commenced with the sharing of the ‘expectations’ of the participants from the session. EXPECTATIONS While of the participant shared that he was expecting to [...]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
Making #WomensHealth a Priority
On 15th March, Michelle Frank @DrMichelleF conducted a tweetchat on Making Women’s Health a Priority The chat began by asking the audience about the possible taboos that prevent women from accessing medical care. The audience suggested that women are expected to portray a [...]Read more
Under the Veil
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
Emerging Leader: Kajal Antil
Safecity is celebrating the journey of people who have emerged as leaders as our campaigns progressed in their communities through our blog series “Safecity Emerging Leaders”. Read the inspiring stories of these individuals who are passionate about making their neighbourhoods [...]Read more
Invisible Illnesses: Navigating Gender and Mental Health
On Friday 15th February, Swarnima Bhattacharya @SwarnsB conducted a tweet interview with White Swan Foundation @mentalhealthind talking about invisible illnesses and their intersection with gender and mental health. The chat began with asking the question, Why are chronic [...]Read more
Safecity Monthly Updates: January 2019
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