Koovagam Festival
Anjana is a final year Medical student at KMC, Manipal who strongly believes that words alone have an inexplicable power to bring about the change that we wish to see in the society. She is a blogging intern at Safecity who writes poetry, mostly on mental health and sexual abuse, [...]Read more
Love is Love
Akshita is a nineteen year old overachiever and perfectionist with big dreams, trying to wade through her entangled teenage years. An extrovert, dog lover and travel enthusiast who finds her ultimate home in the poems she can create at any given time of the day. LOVE is LOVE [...]Read more
TAILORING THE PRIDE INTO THE INDIAN FABRIC
Ishita is a second-year student of Political Science at Jadavpur University. Like every millennial ever she is just figuring out where to go and where not to. She discovered writing through her habit of imagining herself in other people’s shoes. She says that a whole new [...]Read more
COVID-19 and the Increase of Domestic Violence Against Women
UN Special Rapporteur on Violence Against Women – Submission COVID-19 and the Increase of Domestic Violence Against Women 1. To what extent has there been an increase of violence against women, especially domestic violence in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic [...]Read more
Safecity Monthly Update – June 2020
SafeCircle SafeCircle is a safe space for the survivors of violence where they can find a community of support, share strategies, voice their experiences and learn different ways to deal with violence and build confidence to reach out for help. We are 7 weeks old and the circle [...]Read more
Safecity Emerging Leaders : Anjana Priya J.R.
Anjana is a final year Medical student at KMC, Manipal who strongly believes that words alone have an inexplicable power to bring about the change that we wish to see in the society. She is a blogging intern at Safecity who writes poetry, mostly on mental health and sexual abuse, [...]Read more
Striding with Pride into WEEK 1
Stride With Pride: Striding into Week 1 Across the globe, pride month is celebrated during June every year, in order to honour the Stonewall riots which took place during June, 1969. Although today, we may not always remember this significance, celebrating pride month is [...]Read more
Safecity Monthly Update- May 2020
Safecity is working from home and we’re trying to make the best out of this time for everyone. 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 newsletter here. [...]Read more
Pride Month – Press Note
STRIDE WITH PRIDE Celebrating Pride Month June 2020 The month of June holds a lot of importance in the world of LGBTQ Rights. It is the month that was chosen for the Stonewall Rights which was a landmark uprising by the Queer community against the oppression that they [...]Read more