Safecity Monthly Updates – May 2023
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 do this by sharing our experiences or others anonymously and make these stories available for all. The platform serves law enforcement agencies with information on sexual harassment and other crimes occurring in public and private spaces. The platform’s data helps keep public spaces safe by enabling authorities to keep track of incidents and prevent sexual harassment in the future.
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Ramboll STEM Leadership & Mentoring Program
This program is aimed at building the capacity and leadership skills of young women to pursue a career in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics).
The objectives of the program are to develop a cohort of confident young women who wish to excel in STEM, create a network of support who can mentor and guide young women and bridge the gap between industry and young women from marginalized communities.
Under this program 50 girls from marginalized communities are being guided through one-to-one mentoring meetings from experts and master classes on topics related to STEM.
Here are recordings of some master classes conducted in May:
Stand Up Against Street Harassment: L’Oreal Paris India
Ayswarya Sajeev, Program & Outreach Officer, Red Dot Foundation, conducted a training program on gender sensitivity, diversity and inclusion for over 300 students of SVRFG College, Bengaluru. The students also learned how to use the 5D’s to be an active bystander.
If you would like to organize a session for your institution, please reach out to us at info@reddotfoundation.org
Cyber Safety Session with Social Entrepreneurs: Reliance Foundation & US Aid Event
On 24th May, our team led by Vaibhavi Maske, conducted an in-house session on cyber safety in Mumbai. It was an interactive session with social entrepreneurs, focusing on data privacy, cyber crimes and reporting mechanisms. The event was well received by the 60 attendees, and it ended with an interesting Q&A session.
Feedback from an attendee, “It was a great eye-opening session. We as civil societies often collect data from our community leaders, it was amazing to know the ethical and legal implications of the same”.
Responsible Community Based Tourism Life Skills Program for Marginalized Rural Women Entrepreneurs: SIDBI
Opportunity strikes!
Trained by Red Dot Foundation under the Community Based Tourism Program, 25 women were invited by Goa Marriott Resort, Goa at their Associate Appreciation Week to exhibit and sell their hand-made products like spices, artificial flowers, decorative bottles, candle holders and jute bags, to their Associates.
beliEVE Season 3
In our ongoing beliEVE series, from peace building to growing seaweed, we are happy to share the episodes of trailblazers Rukmini Iyer, Director, Exult Solutions and Gabriella D’Cruz, Founder, The Good Ocean.
Red Dot Foundation Team Meeting
Red Dot Foundation Mumbai Team Meet & Greet – Fun Work Day!
What’s happening this month?
Safety Champion Fellowship 2023
Inviting teams (age 17-35 years) from across India for the Safety Champion Fellowship, to create hyperlocal solutions on the theme Engendering THE CITY WE NEED.
Registration Date Extended to June 30th 2023!
She Is – Women in Chemistry
We are pleased to announce that we are seeking nominations from Indian women for our fourth book She Is – 75 Women in Chemistry, authored by Supreet K Singh & ElsaMarie D’Silva, in collaboration with the Royal Society of Chemistry and The Principal Scientific Adviser to the Government of India.
The ‘She Is’ book series aims to amplify stories of women leadership in diverse fields. A jury will pick the final 75 women to be featured in the book.
Send in your nomination by July 15th, 2023.
For queries please write to sheila@reddotfoundation.org
Meet a Member of our Team
Suresh Ganeshan retired as a General Manager – Finance in Aug 2019.
Armed with 40 years of work experience in Accounts and Finance with various industries viz., Pharma, Electrical fittings manufacturers, IT, Retail, FMCG, Building materials and Shipping agency, he is happy to be a part of the RDF team with a soft corner for gender equity.
Suresh lives in Mumbai with his wife and 2 children and is fond of music, movies and cricket.
Being a busybody he still finds the time to organise cultural activities for the large complex he lives in.
SafeCircle
SafeCircle is a secure, trusting space for survivors of violence and abuse. This is a non-judgmental listening circle for survivors to share their experiences, learn from others and know that they are not alone. You are invited to join us, on zoom, in sharing and learning in SafeCircle.
This is a space only for people who are survivors of any kind of abuse in their lives. We are facilitating a safe community space where we can seek to find solutions through sharing, listening and offering insights. Kindly note that it is not a therapy session or an SOS solution.
We cordially invite you to join these sessions. They are held in English and in Hindi languages. Once you register, our team will reach out to you with details such as the time and date of the SafeCircle.
Please fill in this form to register!
Key points to understand through data – May
Reports collected Globally for the month of May 2023.
Click here to see the Safecity Data Dashboards.
Safecity Reporting Platform
Safecity is a platform as a service product that powers communities, police and city government to prevent violence in public and private spaces. Our technology stack collects and analyses crowdsourced, anonymous reports of violent crime, identifying patterns and key insights. This data enables citizens, researchers and policymakers to create safer spaces by:
- Increasing awareness, transparency and public accountability
- Improving policy and tactical precision with data-led insights
- Optimising budgets to more effectively allocate resources
Get in touch if you want to be a Safecity partner: info@reddotfoundation.org
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Upcoming Events
- Safety Champion Fellowship 2023
- Safecity Twitter Chats & Spaces
Red Dot Foundation Events on Twitter every Wedenesday…..do join us!
Recap of our Tweetchats:
“How Safe and Accessible are Online Spaces for Children, Women and Marginalized Communities” with Rinki Sharma. Check out the recap here.
“Why do we need dedicated Mental & Emotional Health Support for New Mothers in India?” with Sonali Quantius. Check out the recap here.
“Opening our Doors to Speaking About Mental Health at Home” with Desiré Dias. Check out the recap here.
Recordings of our Twitter Space:
“Trauma & Its Effects on Mental health” with Dedoyin Ajayi. Check out the recording here.
“Workplace Mental Well-Being” with Pooja Priyamvada. Check out the recording here.
Ongoing Projects
- Rainbow Circles
- Ramboll STEM Leadership & Mentoring Program
- #SheLeadsHere STEM Leadership & Mentoring Program
- Stand Up Against Street Harassment
- Responsible Community Based Tourism Program with SIDBI
- Youth League for Safer Cities
- Vital Voices Training
- She Is – Women in Chemistry