Safecity Monthly Updates – September 2020

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 newsletter here.

SafeCircle 

There has been a tremendous rise in the cases of violence during COVID-19 and it is difficult for women and girls to report these acts, speak up, find help, and also access resources. With SafeCircle sessions facilitated by Supreet K Singh, a certified counselor and Yoga Acharya,  survivors of violence have a safe space to find a community of support, share strategies, voice their experiences and learn different ways to deal with violence and also boost their confidence to reach out for help. Over the past four months we have supported over 25 survivors regularly.

If you would like to support SafeCircle please visit here.

Cybersaathi 

Cyber Saathi is a program that Red Dot Foundation is facilitating in conjunction with Supreme Court Advocate, Nappinai NS and her team. It aims to raise awareness on topics like gender sensitivity, responsible use of technology, digital rights and prevention of online harassment. In September, we successfully conducted 10 workshops for 6 schools, covering more than 800 beneficiaries. 

‘Gender Sensitivity’ in most schools is rarely discussed or encouraged. There are many factors that contribute to the hesitation in speaking about these topics. Some of which are: lack of knowledge, stigma, mindset etc. Also another issue is that most people have limited knowledge on the correct use of technology relating to the safety features of the digital space which is now considered a necessity in the current situation. Sometimes due to the lack of knowledge, we tend to use online media without exercising enough caution which could result in unintentionally stepping into a ‘Cybercrime’ situation.  

Feedback from these sessions are very positive and forthcoming with beneficiaries getting clarity on how to stay safe.
If you would like us to do the workshops in your school or college, do write to us at info@reddotfoundation.org

 

 

Urban Thinkers Campus 5.0 

Red Dot Foundation’s Urban Thinkers Campus – Citizen Action lab for Safe and Inclusive Cities was attended by over 200 people on September 10 and 11. Its objectives were to identify existing indicators for safe and inclusive cities, to crowdsource more citizen indicators, and to encourage citizens to drive change within their communities. This is very closely related to both the New Urban Agenda and the Sustainable Development Goals.

Participants listened to experts who are driving change in their cities across a wide spectrum. They then engaged in a facilitated discussion on what they would like to change in their cities and how they could implement it. On day 1, the discussion was focussed around four safe city indicators based on the theme. The themes were: the safety and inclusion of women, LGBTQ, children, and the disabled. On day 2, the four themes discussed were social and health infrastructure, inclusive housing, informal economies, and inclusive mobility.

Ultimately, this event created, inspired, and encouraged actionable citizen-led initiatives that will create safer and inclusive cities.  Please check the videos for Day 1 and Day 2.

 


 

Democracy Talks 

The Consulate General of Sweden in Mumbai and Red Dot Foundation organized “Democracy Talks – Accelerating Equality” where we had a detailed discussion on “What makes a city-friendly for Women and LGBTQ+ Community and the Role of Youth in an Active Democracy”. We had some great speakers – Anna Lekvall, Consul General of Sweden in Mumbai, Nishtha Satyam, Deputy country Representative for UN Women in India, Harish Iyer, Founder of the Jimme Foundation, and ElsaMarie DSilva, Founder & CEO of Red Dot Foundation. 

Ms. Anna Lekvall shared their initiative “Sweden in India” to nurture and strengthen democracy through dialogue and discussion with partners with the aim of inclusion of women and LGBTQ. 67% of the youth attending shared they are moderately active in democracy while 19% highly active, 97% people said that youth can make a difference in democracy and simultaneously 95% said that we need more education on democracy. 

Harish Iyer, an LGBTQ activist and Founder of The Jimme Foundation shared “none of us are equal or free until all of us are equal or free” and the onus lies on privileged ones to make everybody equal and free. Post section 377 we are still not in a world that is equal and democratic. ElsaMarie DSilva described how grim the situation of gender equality is in India and what role Safecity, Red Dot Foundation is playing in working positively to curb it. Nishtha Satyam shared how we need to push together and push harder to bridge the gap in inequality and how we can not guard democracy until women are not included. 

In another poll, we asked how youth can be advocates of democracy; 89% agreed on “educating other youth on democracy”, 61% agreed on reading further on democracy, 59% agreed on volunteering with an NGO, 58% agreed on attending more events on democracy and 38% agreed on writing an article on democracy.

 

Knowledge Cafe 

In the September edition of the ‘Knowledge Café’, we conducted sessions on various diverse topics ranging from mental health. to perceptions related to sex work, to understanding disabilities, and much more. The sessions were conducted by a guest speaker, who enlightened us on the session’s topic by sharing valuable insights on it.

We had the honor of Ahana and Sunitha from Samaritans Mumbai, who in one of the sessions, simply discussed the quality of being a good and empathetic listener. While, Sandhya from Kranti India Organisation and Harish Iyer (moderator) gave insights about sex work and its perceptions. Sandhya being the daughter of a sex worker shared her personal experiences. During the ‘International Deaf Awareness week’, V-shesh organization not only busted myths that revolve around hearing disabilities but also educated the audience on using basic sign language. And the last session of the month was based on the best practices relating to work from home. Hosted and moderated by ElsaMarie D’Silva, CEO & Founder, Red Dot Foundation in association with the US Consulate discussed the “New Normal”. Guest speakers who were various corporate executives, expressed their experiences and practices that they have implemented within their organisations during the lockdown.

 

 

Building Inclusive Cities 

ElsaMarie DSilva, Founder Red Dot Foundation Global and Prathima Manohar, Founder – The Urban Vision both alumni of Leadership Network for Change at Stanford Centre for Democracy, Development, and the Rule of Law, have partnered on an online series that discusses urban challenges around COVID-19. 

In this series, Politicians, Architects, Economists, Policymakers, Police, Development Professionals, and Advocates to discuss several issues including designing public, heritage, conservation, human rights, transparency, policing, governance, and accountability, new forms of social currency to address social change, city-level responses to pandemic measures and more.

Find new episodes every Wednesday at 6:00 PM IST / 08:30 AM EST on YouTube.  

 

Bal Suraksha Rise Up 

Red Dot Foundation started online sessions for all the schools and is continuing the work that we were doing to make schools safer for children in Satara. With many children, parents, and teachers having little knowledge regarding online sessions, there were interactive and innovative sessions conducted using Google hangouts and conference calls for people who didn’t possess a smart phone. 

A total of 12 online sessions predominantly in Marathi and Hindi (suitable to the demographic) were conducted to engage with the children and school authorities to help them identify, prevent, address and respond to child sexual abuse. Through these sessions, the outreach covered 9 teachers and 47 ‘Know Your Right Educators’ covering 168 indirect beneficiaries. The parents and teachers have found these sessions to be very useful as it not only strengthens knowledge and skill but also creates a sense of belonging and community spirit. The number of ‘Know Your Right Educators’ have expanded by sharing their opinions and views, motivating their friends to join and clearing their myths. They presented their views about the sessions and impressed the Block Development Officer on the need for a school counsellor and the same is under consideration.

 

 

Safecity Active Saturday 

Four sessions of Safecity Active Saturdays were hosted by Red Dot Foundation in collaboration with Fit4Life and Fit India Mission. Alternating between yoga and various other fitness routines, we have regular participation to stay active and healthy. Do sign up here.

 

 

Sunday Reflections 

Sunday Reflections is a chat show that ElsaMarie DSilva hosts every Sunday at 5 pm IST with leaders from various fields. They discuss mentorship, coping during COVID19, social issues and social impact and more. In September guests included Merine John, DGM CSR, Essar Foundation, Supriya Dharkar, Climate Fellow at UNFCCC and Soma Maitra, VP and Head of Innovation, Super Markets at Reliance Retail.

 

Our Global Newsletter

Do subscribe to the Red Dot Foundation Global newsletter if you would like specific news featuring our work across the globe.

Click here to read. Do subscribe if interested.

That’s all for this month. Keep watching this space and we’ll keep you updated on all our work and exciting activities every month!

 

What’s in store for Safecity in September?

  • Knowledge Cafe; every Tuesday! Sign up here
  • Register for “Social Distancing: Changing the way we work ”  here
  • Join us in SafeCircle, a Safe-Space for Survivors of Domestic Abuse, every Friday at 3pm.
  • Our Youth Ambassadors from Pune and Satara are actively involved with us through our digital initiatives.
  • Every Friday at 9 pm IST/ 11.30 am EST join us on Twitter @pinthecreep

 

xosotin chelseathông tin chuyển nhượngcâu lạc bộ bóng đá arsenalbóng đá atalantabundesligacầu thủ haalandUEFAevertonxosofutebol ao vivofutemaxmulticanaisonbethttps://bsport.fithttps://onbet88.ooohttps://i9bet.bizhttps://hi88.ooohttps://okvip.athttps://f8bet.athttps://fb88.cashhttps://vn88.cashhttps://shbet.atbóng đá world cupbóng đá inter milantin juventusbenzemala ligaclb leicester cityMUman citymessi lionelsalahnapolineymarpsgronaldoserie atottenhamvalenciaAS ROMALeverkusenac milanmbappenapolinewcastleaston villaliverpoolfa cupreal madridpremier leagueAjaxbao bong da247EPLbarcelonabournemouthaff cupasean footballbên lề sân cỏbáo bóng đá mớibóng đá cúp thế giớitin bóng đá ViệtUEFAbáo bóng đá việt namHuyền thoại bóng đágiải ngoại hạng anhSeagametap chi bong da the gioitin bong da lutrận đấu hôm nayviệt nam bóng đátin nong bong daBóng đá nữthể thao 7m24h bóng đábóng đá hôm naythe thao ngoai hang anhtin nhanh bóng đáphòng thay đồ bóng đábóng đá phủikèo nhà cái onbetbóng đá lu 2thông tin phòng thay đồthe thao vuaapp đánh lô đềdudoanxosoxổ số giải đặc biệthôm nay xổ sốkèo đẹp hôm nayketquaxosokq xskqxsmnsoi cầu ba miềnsoi cau thong kesxkt hôm naythế giới xổ sốxổ số 24hxo.soxoso3mienxo so ba mienxoso dac bietxosodientoanxổ số dự đoánvé số chiều xổxoso ket quaxosokienthietxoso kq hôm nayxoso ktxổ số megaxổ số mới nhất hôm nayxoso truc tiepxoso ViệtSX3MIENxs dự đoánxs mien bac hom nayxs miên namxsmientrungxsmn thu 7con số may mắn hôm nayKQXS 3 miền Bắc Trung Nam Nhanhdự đoán xổ số 3 miềndò vé sốdu doan xo so hom nayket qua xo xoket qua xo so.vntrúng thưởng xo sokq xoso trực tiếpket qua xskqxs 247số miền nams0x0 mienbacxosobamien hôm naysố đẹp hôm naysố đẹp trực tuyếnnuôi số đẹpxo so hom quaxoso ketquaxstruc tiep hom nayxổ số kiến thiết trực tiếpxổ số kq hôm nayso xo kq trực tuyenkết quả xổ số miền bắc trực tiếpxo so miền namxổ số miền nam trực tiếptrực tiếp xổ số hôm nayket wa xsKQ XOSOxoso onlinexo so truc tiep hom nayxsttso mien bac trong ngàyKQXS3Msố so mien bacdu doan xo so onlinedu doan cau loxổ số kenokqxs vnKQXOSOKQXS hôm naytrực tiếp kết quả xổ số ba miềncap lo dep nhat hom naysoi cầu chuẩn hôm nayso ket qua xo soXem kết quả xổ số nhanh nhấtSX3MIENXSMB chủ nhậtKQXSMNkết quả mở giải trực tuyếnGiờ vàng chốt số OnlineĐánh Đề Con Gìdò số miền namdò vé số hôm nayso mo so debach thủ lô đẹp nhất hôm naycầu đề hôm naykết quả xổ số kiến thiết toàn quốccau dep 88xsmb rong bach kimket qua xs 2023dự đoán xổ số hàng ngàyBạch thủ đề miền BắcSoi Cầu MB thần tàisoi cau vip 247soi cầu tốtsoi cầu miễn phísoi cau mb vipxsmb hom nayxs vietlottxsmn hôm naycầu lô đẹpthống kê lô kép xổ số miền Bắcquay thử xsmnxổ số thần tàiQuay thử XSMTxổ số chiều nayxo so mien nam hom nayweb đánh lô đề trực tuyến uy tínKQXS hôm nayxsmb ngày hôm nayXSMT chủ nhậtxổ số Power 6/55KQXS A trúng roycao thủ chốt sốbảng xổ số đặc biệtsoi cầu 247 vipsoi cầu wap 666Soi cầu miễn phí 888 VIPSoi Cau Chuan MBđộc thủ desố miền bắcthần tài cho sốKết quả xổ số thần tàiXem trực tiếp xổ sốXIN SỐ THẦN TÀI THỔ ĐỊACầu lô số đẹplô đẹp vip 24hsoi cầu miễn phí 888xổ số kiến thiết chiều nayXSMN thứ 7 hàng tuầnKết quả Xổ số Hồ Chí Minhnhà cái xổ số Việt NamXổ Số Đại PhátXổ số mới nhất Hôm Nayso xo mb hom nayxxmb88quay thu mbXo so Minh ChinhXS Minh Ngọc trực tiếp hôm nayXSMN 88XSTDxs than taixổ số UY TIN NHẤTxs vietlott 88SOI CẦU SIÊU CHUẨNSoiCauVietlô đẹp hôm nay vipket qua so xo hom naykqxsmb 30 ngàydự đoán xổ số 3 miềnSoi cầu 3 càng chuẩn xácbạch thủ lônuoi lo chuanbắt lô chuẩn theo ngàykq xo-solô 3 càngnuôi lô đề siêu vipcầu Lô Xiên XSMBđề về bao nhiêuSoi cầu x3xổ số kiến thiết ngày hôm nayquay thử xsmttruc tiep kết quả sxmntrực tiếp miền bắckết quả xổ số chấm vnbảng xs đặc biệt năm 2023soi cau xsmbxổ số hà nội hôm naysxmtxsmt hôm nayxs truc tiep mbketqua xo so onlinekqxs onlinexo số hôm nayXS3MTin xs hôm nayxsmn thu2XSMN hom nayxổ số miền bắc trực tiếp hôm naySO XOxsmbsxmn hôm nay188betlink188 xo sosoi cầu vip 88lô tô việtsoi lô việtXS247xs ba miềnchốt lô đẹp nhất hôm naychốt số xsmbCHƠI LÔ TÔsoi cau mn hom naychốt lô chuẩndu doan sxmtdự đoán xổ số onlinerồng bạch kim chốt 3 càng miễn phí hôm naythống kê lô gan miền bắcdàn đề lôCầu Kèo Đặc Biệtchốt cầu may mắnkết quả xổ số miền bắc hômSoi cầu vàng 777thẻ bài onlinedu doan mn 888soi cầu miền nam vipsoi cầu mt vipdàn de hôm nay7 cao thủ chốt sốsoi cau mien phi 7777 cao thủ chốt số nức tiếng3 càng miền bắcrồng bạch kim 777dàn de bất bạion newsddxsmn188betw88w88789bettf88sin88suvipsunwintf88five8812betsv88vn88Top 10 nhà cái uy tínsky88iwinlucky88nhacaisin88oxbetm88vn88w88789betiwinf8betrio66rio66lucky88oxbetvn88188bet789betMay-88five88one88sin88bk88xbetoxbetMU88188BETSV88RIO66ONBET88188betM88M88SV88Jun-68Jun-88one88iwinv9betw388OXBETw388w388onbetonbetonbetonbet88onbet88onbet88onbet88onbetonbetonbetonbetqh88mu88Nhà cái uy tínpog79vp777vp777vipbetvipbetuk88uk88typhu88typhu88tk88tk88sm66sm66me88me888live8live8livesm66me88win798livesm66me88win79pog79pog79vp777vp777uk88uk88tk88tk88luck8luck8kingbet86kingbet86k188k188hr99hr99123b8xbetvnvipbetsv66zbettaisunwin-vntyphu88vn138vwinvwinvi68ee881xbetrio66zbetvn138i9betvipfi88clubcf68onbet88ee88typhu88onbetonbetkhuyenmai12bet-moblie12betmoblietaimienphi247vi68clupcf68clupvipbeti9betqh88onb123onbefsoi cầunổ hũbắn cáđá gàđá gàgame bàicasinosoi cầuxóc đĩagame bàigiải mã giấc mơbầu cuaslot gamecasinonổ hủdàn đềBắn cácasinodàn đềnổ hũtài xỉuslot gamecasinobắn cáđá gàgame bàithể thaogame bàisoi cầukqsssoi cầucờ tướngbắn cágame bàixóc đĩaAG百家乐AG百家乐AG真人AG真人爱游戏华体会华体会im体育kok体育开云体育开云体育开云体育乐鱼体育乐鱼体育欧宝体育ob体育亚博体育亚博体育亚博体育亚博体育亚博体育亚博体育开云体育开云体育棋牌棋牌沙巴体育买球平台新葡京娱乐开云体育mu88qh88
 

Your browser is out of date. It has security vulnerabilities and may not display all features on this site and other sites.

Please update your browser using one of modern browsers (Google Chrome, Opera, Firefox, IE 10).

X