April, 2019
Learning about Safety through Puppets
Naina Jha conducted a workshop creating awareness about Child Sexual Abuse for the students of Kahanighar in collaboration with Gupshup on 7th April as part of Anti Street Harassment Week. There were 18 students. She spoke to them about safe and unsafe touch and the No-Go-Tell [...]Read more
A 9 year old tells us why Bullying is Bad
STOP BULLYING! by Zayle Echaporia (9 years , grade 5) Bullying is a bad thing to do. One should not bully people. You feel sadness and a little bit of anger when you are bullied. You want to complain but are afraid to do so as the person/ people will bully you more. You are […]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
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
Autism- a caregiver’s perspective
On 5th April 2019, Safecity conducted a Tweetchat on “Autism – a caregiver’s perspective” with guests Jaki Matha @Mathugz and ADAT Foundation The chat began by asking the audience about the things that are culturally said about Autism in Kenya. The audience responded by saying [...]Read more
Safecity Monthly Updates: March 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