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. | Page 120

How do you know that you are in danger?

How to know that you are in danger? For decades, scholars have disagreed about what kinds of behavior count as crime. Is it simply a violation of the criminal law? […]Read more

How safe are you inside that “BEST” Bus

Travelling by bus can be hazardous as this video depicts. Watch this video Two standees, a boy and a girl, in a not-so-crowded bus. The bus brakes suddenly. Boy lurches […]Read more

Sometimes Men are Victims too

Below an office building in South Bombay, two pre-teen girls were in the throes of a full fledged fight. Girl One had got hold of Girl Two’s matted lice filled […]Read more

Dealing with Street Harassment

Street harassment ranges from the minor – ogling, staring, commenting to the more serious – stalking. It can happen anywhere – in your home city or in a foreign land. […]Read more

Should I sing a song?

“Should I sing a song, or should I pass a comment? Or better still, should I ask my friends to stare at her silently while she passes?” I’ve always wondered […]Read more

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