Blog | Safecity | Safecity is a platform that crowdsources personal stories of sexual harassment and abuse in public spaces. This data which maybe anonymous, gets aggregated as hot spots on a map indicating trends at a local level. The idea is to make this data useful for individuals, local communities and local administration to identify factors that causes behavior that leads to violence and work on strategies for solutions.

Brothel No. 64

I once visited GB road area which is near the New Delhi Railway station. Lot of my pervert friends suggested me to pay a visit. Roaming there casually, I initially […]Read more

The Safecity team participated in “The Rodinhoods Open House” hosted by IIT Delhi on 9th November, 2013. The event was aimed at encouraging businesses, NGO’s and social causes and providing them with […]Read more

An Autowala, An Entrepreneur

Hey! I am Divya Pant one of the volunteer of Safecity for mapping #100 unsafe places in Delhi. I would like to draw your kind attention toward “An Autowala, An Entrepreneur”(Rajesh)… […]Read more

The experiences of walking alone

Two months ago I was living in Delhi, India. During my lunch break I decided to visit my doctor for ordering new lenses. The clinic is about 500 meters from […]Read more

Fundamentals don’t change ..

A wise man once said, “fundamentals don’t change” and the thought stayed with me. As I think about it today, after 10 years, I know it applies to societies, communities, […]Read more

Sexual abuse and harassment – it’s independent of gender, geography and physical appearance

We like to stereotype everything. Define. Label. Give names. Isolate. Over the last few months I have tried to understand more about sexual abuse and harassment. My learning is […]Read more

Help us Map the #100UnsafePlaces in Delhi and NCR

We thought we will only have to do this exercise once. We thought we will not speak about this again. We thought the age of terror was over. But two […]Read more

Tips that women can take for personal safety

1) What should a woman do if she finds herself alone in the company of a strange male as she prepares to enter a lift in a high-rise apartment late […]Read more

1000 stories of Women Entrepreneurs

Read more about us and our reason, drive and enthusiasm for Safecity on The Story exchange and their 1000 stories campaign. Please do comment on the Story Exchange as well as […]Read more

An Indian Entrepreneur’s Plea to Her Brother

This story is reposted from The Story Exchange. The Story Exchange is a global non-profit video project and website. They are looking for stories of women entrepreneurs in India. Please […]Read more