October, 2017
Know Our Team: Cementing Connections Across Borders
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. Know Our Team- Cementing Connections Across Borders Nneka Edwards is an [...]Read more
Bystanders- Please Intervene?
Prabhjyot Kaur is a 20 year old Mumbai girl whose daily aspiration is to add value to other’s thoughts along with her own. Bystanders- Please Intervene? In broad daylight on a busy street a woman was allegedly raped by a drunk man in full public view on the pavement of the street [...]Read more
A Formal Invitation to #NotAllMen
Nandini Arora is an aspiring actuary who loves to write. Although married to numbers, her first love has always been books and writing. She regularly writes about issues such as women’s safety, Feminism, LGBTQ etc. on her blog nandiniaroraweb.wordpress.com. A Formal Invitation to [...]Read more
Gender Equality Watch- October 2017
Gender Equality Watch This monthly series by Safecity will track the latest decisions of Indian courts on women’s rights and equal access for all genders. The aim is to make the functioning of our judicial system more accessible to readers, to create a well informed body of [...]Read more
Entrepreneurship and Sustainability
On 27th October, Latha Sankaranarayan @Lats_tweets, the Ecopreneur and CEO of Developmatrix @developmatrix conducted a tweetchat on ‘Entrepreneurship and Sustainability’ as part of Safecity’s series on #RoadtoGES as we build up to the Global Entrepreneurship [...]Read more
Sexual Violence: A Global Pandemic / 21st-27th October
Sexual Violence: A Global Pandemic Written by Nikunj Morarka Policy and Legal Team Sexual violence is a global pandemic. One in three women experience sexual or physical violence – most likely from their intimate partner, according to a report from the World Health [...]Read more
Safety in Last Mile Connectivity in Public Transport
How safe women feel in public transportRead more
Perils of Bullying
Kyros Echaporia is a 9th grade student studying in Vibgyor High school in Pune. He listens to music and reads in his spare time. He loves putting his thoughts down on paper. Currently, he is a member of the Vibgyor High Student Social Responsibility Cell and the Vibgyor High [...]Read more
Cyberspace and the Law- Legal Roundtable, Pune
On 15th September, 2017, Safecity and Shethepeople collaborated to host another edition of their interactive series of Legal Roundtables, where students were given an insight into the legal enforcements preventing sexual violence in the cyberspace. The panel consisted of Dr. [...]Read more
The Crippling Anxiety of Rape
Mudita Gupta, born and brought up in Delhi, strongly believes in the idea of spiritual happiness. When not bogged down with academics, she stays engrossed in fiction and music. She heads a college based live project on rural women entrepreneurship, is always keen to attack gender [...]Read more