There’s a new app in India that’s keeping women safe. Using online and mobile technology, Safecity is collecting data, pinpointing problems and coming up with solutions to tackle violence against women in cities across the country.
The Dharavi slum in Mumbai, India is one of the largest in the world and is home to between 300,000 and 1 million people. Violence against women, such as domestic violence, honour killings, and rape, is common. In 2014, SNEHA, an Indian NGO, began using an Android app to identify and report gender-based violence in Dharavi.
The dancers who joined him were given the chance to express their individual personalities and bodies in a collective process. Soon a new form of body language appeared in the Sri Lankan scene, creating a common space where no boundaries existed anymore.
Women in Palestine face serious challenges to gender equality, and many fear rape, domestic violence, economic uncertainty, and discrimination. The Ma’an Network, an independent, non-profit media organization, is aiming to address these issues by airing television programs that teach the general public, raise awareness about violence against women, and create behaviour change.
It is often the most well-known ideas that need an innovative approach. In recent years, feminism has received its fair share of criticism and negative press. Critiques have ranged from the negative interpretations and appropriations of the movement to questions as to whether it remains relevant and useful in our modern age. Yet, no matter how you may view feminism, …
April 6th, 2014 marked the first ever International Day of Sport for Development and Peace. The UN-designated occasion celebrates the fairly new but widely supported notion that sport can transform the lives of people worldwide. The opportunity to participate in sport and play is not only the universal right of a child, it is also a recognized low-cost and high-impact …
