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Red Dot Foundation in the limelight again!

 

Our Senior Manager, Sonali Alves, was felicitated by Mr. Alexis Peraki Valat, Global Products Consumer Products Division at the L’Oréal PARIS Stand Up Against Street Harassment event at The Gateway of India, Mumbai.

 

Projects Around the Country

 

Maharashtra

 

Mumbai

Here’s what some Mumbaikars have to say about our ongoing Rainbow Circles Project. If you would like to join the experience please write to pragati@reddotfoundation.org

“The session were really helpful to understand the importance of safety precautions, understanding the situation of humans with a larger perspective and not just to see things from a single perspective, importance of equality, acceptance. And also understanding the twisted situation. And those fun moments were really a stress buster for me from our extreme day. Had a lot of fun and was able to learn a lot. Thank you.” – Khyati from Raheja College of Architecture

“The session gave me a new perspective, I personally don’t talk about mental health and other things that give me stress or anxiety but there I was feeling relieved after the session talking about these things. It helped me to understand the difference between the important aspects of everyday life like how to be empathetic to a person; what is harassment and it’s impact on a person, how can we help people to distract from a harassment situation and a lot more.

The sessions have changed my views by giving me a new perspective on gender and how people identify themselves, it helped me even to focus on my mental health.

I will incorporate what I learned by being more empathetic and open to people and alert in public areas if there is any unusual activity happening in my surroundings to prevent harassment and to not judge people for their gender. The important thing is to use the Safecity app if I see someone being harassed or being troubled in public, I’ll take action on it and report it from that area.” – Aditya from SIES College, Nerul

“First of all I’d like to send my gratitude for giving me this wonderful opportunity for representing this project in my College.

I learned a lot throughout the 3 day training session that was provided to us by Ms. Pragati Vaishya, Program & Outreach Officer at Red Dot Foundation.

The sessions have made a positive and knowledgeable impact on my life as now I’m aware of how to deal with harassments and different ways to protect myself or any other women or men who are going through the same.

My take away from the sessions would be to create a safer society for both men and women, also other genders need to be accepted by the society. I would never make anyone feel left out just because they didn’t fit in today’s society’s standards or beliefs. We all are humans at the end of the day and everyone should be treated equally!

This session also helped me to change my views on safety and feeling secure. It made me realize how Red Dot Foundation is helping to make the country more safer.” – Heeba Shaikh from FYIT, SIES ASCN

 

Pune

 

Our Project Officer Tehsin Shaikh has Pune covered. She conducted Women in Motion and Street Harassment sessions in the following areas: Kalwad, Lohegaon, Dnyan Prabodhini School & College, Renuka Wasti, Koregaon Park, Mahatma Phule Wasti, Hadapsar.

 

Satara

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मी अनुष्का अजित जाधव आज आमच्या विद्यालयात रेड डॉट फाउंडेशनच्या कार्यक्रम व्यवस्थापक सौ. मृणालिनी कांबळे मॅडम यांनी आम्हाला सर्वसमावेशक विविधता पूर्ण समता व समानता या विषयावर खूप छान मार्गदर्शन केले. या सत्रामुळे आमच्या ज्ञानात भर पडली. आम्हाला स्त्री पुरुष समानता – समता या संदर्भात अधिक चांगली माहिती मिळाली. Pause म्हणजे थांबण किती गरजेचे आहे हे समजण्यास मदत झाली तसेच प्रवाह बाहेर असलेल्या वंचित समाजास समजून घेणे गरजेचे आहे आपण प्रतिक्रिया देत असताना Pause घेणे आवश्यक आहे. समोरील व्यक्ती काय सांगते आहे हे जाणून घेणे गरजेचे आहे. या संदर्भात त्यांनी आम्हाला एक व्हिडिओ दाखवला ( Red label tea advertis) याद्वारे आम्हा समजण्यात सोपे झाले वंचित समाज म्हणजे तृतीयपंथीय समाज तसेच अपंग व्यक्ती या सर्व व्यक्तींना देखील त्यांची स्वप्न, आशा, आकांक्षा पूर्ण करण्याचा अधिकार आहे.  उदाहरणार्थ – शिक्षण ,नोकरी ,व्यवसाय इत्यादी मध्ये त्यांना सामील करून घेणे गरजेचे आहे. आपल्या संविधानानुसार सर्वांना समानतेचा अधिकार आहे. तसेच देशाचा ,GDP वाढून आर्थिक विकास व वाढ होण्यास मदत होईल. अशाप्रकारे चे चांगले प्रशिक्षण आमच्या विद्यालयातील विद्यार्थ्यांना दिल्याबद्दल आम्ही विद्यालयाच्या वतीने रेड डॉट  फाउंडेशनचे खूप खूप आभार मानतो. धन्यवाद  – Anushka Ajit Jadhav,  STD 10, Modern English School Ambavade, Satara.

Reach out to us at info@reddotfoundation.org if you would like to conduct a training program for your organization.

 

New Delhi

 

Our New Delhi, Project & Outreach Officer Nisha Kumari, reports conducting sessions with 319 participants on Bystander Intervention in partnership with L’Oreal (Stand up against street harassment) and 712 participants (the number includes the participants from the Bystander Intervention session) on Women In Motion in partnership with Axis Bank, conducted during the month of October.

 

Haryana

“I am currently heading the Faridabad Project – Public Space Audit.

This project involves gathering data from specific locations and completing audits related to women’s safety in Kheri Pul in Faridabad.

The goal is to find out and analyze real time data on women’s safety in these areas and conduct necessary interventions that will help spread awareness on reducing street harassment. We have currently conducted over 500 audits in markets, residential areas and nearby localities and are aiming at a target of 3000 audits by mid December.

We will soon start with smaller interventions bi weekly and conduct activities to spread awareness. We are encouraging women and girls to document incidents of sexual harassment and take relevant action for their safety and mobility.” – Soumyaa Hariharan, Project & Outreach Officer, New Delhi.

 

Karnataka

 

Bengaluru

302 students attended our ongoing ‘Women in Motion’ sessions and we kickstarted with our project ‘Rainbow Circles’ in three colleges, CMR Institute of Technology, Sai Ram College of Engineering and Oxford College of Engineering, conducted by our Bengaluru Project & Outreach Officer, Monika Rajashekar.

After our introductory session to Rainbow Circles, here’s what Murugan from Sai Ram College had to say, “We did take an oath to see a person for who they are rather than classify them by gender”.

If you are in Bengaluru and want to participate in our sessions, you can drop an email to Monika@reddotfoundation.org. Let’s be the change we want to see!

 

 

A Gateway to Change

 

Watch the Event

 

 

Our Co-Founder & CEO, Supreet K Singh was on a panel along with John Abraham, Prasoon Joshi & Rekha Sharma, talking about change and being a part of the movement to “Stand Up Against Street Harassment”.

Read about the Event

 

Meet the Intern of the Month

 

“I always believe, when you channel your energy into your interests, your manifested world becomes a powerful reality.

When we talk about the empowerment of the marginalised community, especially women, it is a collective shared responsibility transcending through national borders but it has to begin somewhere. And for me, it begins here. In the very region I live and the very place where I could contribute my share in this collective responsibility.” – Sijal Sagarika, student at St. Xavier’s College, Mumbai

 

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 for people who are survivors of any kind of trauma or abuse. 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 – October

 

Reports collected Globally for the month of October 2023.

 

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

Report an incident on Safecity Platform
Download Safecity App on iOS Devices
Download Safecity App on Android Devices

 

Upcoming Events

• 16 Days of Activism
• Safecity Chats & Spaces

Red Dot Foundation Events on Safecity’s platform X every Wedenesday…..do join us!

Recap of our Chats:

“Effects of Art Therapy” with Ashmi Sheth. Check out the recap here.

“Exploring the Impact of Imposter Syndrome on Mental Well-Being” with Bhakti Joshi & Prathvi Singh. Check out the recap here.

Recording of our Spaces:

“Empowering Young Women to Shape their Furture” with Hajira Mehak. Check out the recording here.

 

Ongoing Projects

• DEI & LGBTQ+ Inclusion on College Campuses – Maharashtra & Goa
• LGBTQ+ Safe Campus Project Karnataka
• Women in Motion
• Stand Up Against Street Harassment
• Safety Champion Fellowship
• Environment, Social & Governance (ESG) Fellowship
• Public Space Audit – Faridabad
• Ramboll – Gender Sensitive and Inclusive leadership Program for young women
• Training on Domestic Violence and Digital Safety
• Domestic Violence Advocacy and Legal Clinics