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.

Gender Politics in Gaming: The Othering of Women in a Male-Dominated Space

By Imaan Haque In recent years, the gaming industry has seen an exponential boom. Video games are becoming exceedingly popular, even more so with the release of free to […]Read more

Afghan women and the advent of Taliban

By Akanksha Pandey TW// Mention of death “One could not count the moons that shimmer on her roof, or the thousand splendid suns that hide behind her walls.” Afghan-American novelist […]Read more

Safecity Monthly Updates – October 2021

Safecity is committed to creating safer communities for everyone. Our goal is to empower citizens by helping them understand the potential risks they could face in different neighbourhoods. We can […]Read more

A Feminist Perspective on the Olympics

By Disha Sarna Olympics are important in feminist discourse because they challenge the ideas of traditional femininity, showcase women’s strength and highlight key ideas in feminism like intersectionality and […]Read more

The Portrayal of Women, Gender and Sexuality in Disney Movies

By Disha Sarna Disney is a staple in the media that children have devoured for a very long time. Children with access to television, phone or a storybook are […]Read more

Women as Entrepreneurs and Small Business Owners

By Disha Sarna Over the past few decades, the rise of women entrepreneurs has been exponential, with women owning 37% of the enterprises globally, according to Harvard Business Review. […]Read more

Safecity Monthly Updates – September 2021

Place and Gender: Towards Feminist and Inclusive Cities

By Nivea Jain While the social dimensions of gender inequality are well documented and analyzed, its spatial dimension, i.e., how gender inequality shapes our physical spaces, remains largely unexplored. […]Read more

Safecity Monthly Updates – August 2021

The Indian Red-Letter Days

By Akanksha Pandey Menstruation, while the dictionary defines it as, “a cyclical discharging of blood secretions, and tissue debris from the uterus that recurs in non-pregnant breeding-age primate females”, […]Read more

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