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HomeSeries: Womens’ Safety

Series: Womens’ Safety

A collection of articles, resources and opinion to inspire more thought and action towards making our cities safer spaces.

Society

Privacy: The missing link in the discourse on sexual harassment

January 24, 2020 Ashok G V

Explicit jokes, sly innuendos or gender-specific insults — do these really amount to sexual harassment? Should employers adjudicate on such cases as such? To understand why and when, one needs to understand the concept of privacy in all its facets. A lawyer explains.

Society

Op-ed: A few simple steps towards designing safer public spaces for women

January 20, 2020 Suchitra Deep

For too long, we have lived in and accepted cities built by men, for men. But as more and more women need and want access to public spaces within their cities, we need paradigm shifts in design to make these safer for them. Here are some simple first steps.

Society

Helping boys and men become change agents in the gender equality movement

January 20, 2020 Aruna Natarajan

Continuing our special series on women’s safety, we present a list of NGOs and initiatives that are working towards sensitising boys and men on gender issues. Using resources, toolkits, workshops and lectures, they enable men to play key roles in preventing violence and discrimination against women.

Society

HawkEye, Bharosa, transit dorms and more: Women’s safety initiatives from Telangana police

January 18, 2020 Kolla Krishna Madhavi

In this interview, Swati Lakra, IPS, IGP Law and Order and In charge of the Women’s Safety Wing of the state, talks about the various steps the police have taken to help women in distress. Continuing our special series on women’s safety

Society

How have Indian states put the ‘Nirbhaya Funds’ to use?

January 17, 2020 News Desk

The Nirbhaya Fund was introduced in the Union Budget 2013, with a view to ensuring that states could take adequate measures towards the creation of a more secure environment for women in the long term. But have states utilised this? In continuation of our special series on women’s safety

Governance

Why ‘Fast Track Courts’ have been slow to ensure justice for women and children

January 16, 2020 Bindu Gopal Rao

The main intent behind the setting up of Fast Track Courts was to speed up trials and decide cases relating to serious crimes, especially against women and children. In most states, however, these have failed to achieve anything. A look at the reasons behind such failure.

Society

Op-ed: Gender safety starts when we look beyond statistics and cases

January 15, 2020 Kirthi Jayakumar

Gender-based violence is as old as the hills. To change something that is so deeply embedded in our thinking, we need to respond, rather than react. Awareness and introspection are the keys to changing mindsets and culture.

Governance

Have cities really made it easier for women to report crimes against them?

January 15, 2020 Satarupa Sen Bhattacharya

As India strives to ensure faster delivery of justice in cases involving crimes against women, several steps have been taken to improve ease of initial reporting. Here are some reports from different cities that indicate how these are functioning on the ground.


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