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”I Thought I Would Never Find Love”: Acid Attack Survivor On Getting Married
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I think… if it is true that there are as many minds as there are heads, then there are as many kinds of love as there are hearts.”– Leo Tolstoy Twenty-six-year-old Lalita Ben Bansi got ready for her grand wedding reception…
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Shivani Saharia
Posted on May 24, 2017
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Women Empowerment A boon or bane
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I am from a conservative family of Odisha (India). When i was born my father little upset that its a girl. The girl 50 years back was considered as a burden on parents. Daughters were allowed to study on special conditions…
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snigdha
Posted on May 20, 2017
When Art Creates Safer Spaces
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Safecity crowdsources data of sexual harassment in public spaces, analyses this data and then facilitates customised solutions according to each location and community. In one such instance, while we were working in Delhi we…
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Safecity- Elsa D'Silva
Posted on May 17, 2017
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When Art Transcends Pain
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When Art transcends Pain -Insia Dariwala, The Hands of Hope Foundation. There are only two kinds of stories in this world- yours, and mine. Today, I choose to tell mine, because it may compel others to share theirs in return…
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insia
Posted on May 16, 2017
Reviewing Beauty and the Beast
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Safecity is reviewing films that are stepping out to highlight the innate gender roles, discrimination, stereotypes, sexual harassment, misogyny and sexism which have been an ingrained part of cinema for a long time…
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Safecity- Elsa D'Silva
Posted on May 15, 2017
Period talk is not a dirty talk
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I grew up in a society where discussing about period experience would mean bringing shame to self. I have always been told to not be open about periods and deal with it as a private matter. When I was already going through…
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Rakhshinda Shakir
Posted on May 14, 2017
Child Marriage: A Matter of Shame.
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God has made each phase of life for a specific reason. If we try to disturb this balance or skip one phase and go to another, it can have a drastic effect on one’s life. Childhood and adolescence are phases to enjoy, to play…
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Safecity- Elsa D'Silva
Posted on May 12, 2017
You're a Thief ! - Part One
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Back in the summer of 2009, I was appointed as a Counsellor by the Juvenile Justice Board on the request of a prominent child rights Advocate and an ex-colleague now, to rebound the lives of 4 very young girls held for petty…
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Karuna Dayal
Posted on May 11, 2017
Surviving media workplace discrimination
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Hello friends, Glad to share my article about a few feisty journalists in India overcoming caste and gender discrimination. Please distribute this widely. Many thanks! http://www.thehoot.org/media-watch/regional-media/…
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Pushpa Achanta
Posted on May 10, 2017
Acid Attack: A Devious Act.
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"I am not treated as human. If I say NO, my face is burnt with acid, I am forced to drink acid, and while asleep they throw acid on me. Why can’t I go out without fear of getting damaged, distorted, and destroyed?" Acid…
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Safecity- Elsa D'Silva
Posted on May 07, 2017
Digital Action Campaign - Speak Our Stories
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Speak Our Stories Have you ever wondered why does it take victims of sexual assault so long to speak out? Simple, because the stigma around a sexual assault is still alive and well in our societies. Saying such things as “…
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Sayfty
Posted on May 07, 2017
Dowry: A Tradition or a Source of Money?
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When I tied the knot with you, all I asked for was your support. I gave you my entire life, I took your surname, and all I asked was a little attention. I left my family; I tried to fit in a new environment, all I asked was…
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Safecity- Elsa D'Silva
Posted on May 03, 2017
Facilitating Digital Changemaking: #sayftychat
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On April 24, 2017, Sayfty partnered with the UN Inter-agency Network on Youth Development's Working Group on Youth and Gender Equality to use social media for digital advocacy. I organized and hosted a panel #sayftychat on…
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Sayfty
Posted on May 03, 2017
Social Media Privacy : A Contradiction in Terms
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We’re all equally free to give ourselves the liberty to have a social media account on at least one of the platforms but do we have the Right to Privacy? Moreover, can a line for privacy be drawn on social media platforms…
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Safecity- Elsa D'Silva
Posted on May 02, 2017
The story of my Life
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When I was a little girl living in a small village in the mountains of Pakistan, I always wished I had been born a boy. I wanted to enjoy the freedoms boys did and be accepted as a valuable member of society. If I were a boy…
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Rakhshinda Shakir
Posted on May 01, 2017
Women Empowerment – A Global Necessity
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In olden times, a woman’s identity was either her father, her husband or her family. At a very early age she was married and deprived of an education and then had to serve her husband and his family for the rest of her life…
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Safecity- Elsa D'Silva
Posted on Apr 25, 2017
My First Story
I am...
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I am a lady I wonder about my life I hear my life I see a healthy world I want peace in the world I am a mother I need my good family I worry about civil society I cry when my kid's not well I am a female I understand my…
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gitanjali sharma
Posted on Apr 23, 2017
Female Genital Mutilation: Religious purity or an Anathema?
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FemaleGenital Mutilation (FGM), also known as female cutting and female circumcision is defined by the WHO, UNICEF, UNFPA, 1997 as the partial or total removal of the external genitalia or other injury to the female genital…
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Safecity- Elsa D'Silva
Posted on Apr 21, 2017
Make your own culture, follow and preserver it
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I have suffered exclusion from almost every that part of activities which are proven to be healthy for one's life. For example, I am forbidden to dance which is a way to joy and happiness, to sing or play any musical…
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Rakhshinda Shakir
Posted on Apr 20, 2017
Sexual Harassment at the Workplace
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ALONGSIDE MY WORKING DESK "To the little girl in hijab, To the Secretary in a short skirt, To the intern in sleeveless formals, To the housekeeping in uniform, To all the women in a multistory building, SORRY… On behalf of…
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Safecity- Elsa D'Silva
Posted on Apr 19, 2017
A Piece of Research on Legal Aid in Pakistan
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I am sending you our Research work for your kind information. In Pakistan today, the vast majority of children in detention are under trial, that is they have not been convicted of any offence as yet but are awaiting the…
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Ahdi Hassan
Posted on Apr 18, 2017
Facilitating Digital Changemaking
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Be ready for changes. Sometimes, plans have a tendency to be changed due to some circumstances. I made some plans regarding the digital changemaking training that I am to facilitate. I had initial talks with some people…
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Shirley Kimmayong
Posted on Apr 18, 2017
Female Trafficking: Where am I?
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"I was playing outside, I was walking home, I was sitting on my doorstep, I was talking on the phone, I was begging by the road, I was coming back from a party, I was eating food by the roadsideWHEN THEY PICKED ME ."…
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Safecity- Elsa D'Silva
Posted on Apr 16, 2017
My First Story
Character
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Since the age of teenager, I have heard my parents and also many parents talk about character. In fact, many of the people from our generation too are adopting the culture of adopting and appreciating the importance of…
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Jafreen Alamgir
Posted on Apr 14, 2017
Sexual Harassment faced by Women with Disabilities
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The disabled, for years, have been perceived as nonequivalent to those abled. They are portrayed as less than others with regard to their functioning and contributions in society.People with any sort of disability, be it…
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Safecity- Elsa D'Silva
Posted on Apr 13, 2017

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