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March 24, 2014 by Shruti Kapoor http://www.hindustantimes.com/News-Feed/Lifestyle/World-Bank-economist-starts-a-website-for-women-s-safety/Article1-1099235.aspx
Tips to stay safe
June 10, 2013 by Gayatri Dhumatkar While nothing can guarantee absolute safety for women, there are certain precautions women can take to reduce the risk of crimes against them. Trust your instinct Many women ignore their intuition because it is so quick and doesn’t take place at a conscious level. But it can save your life. When that little voice …
Helpful books on self defense
In our post about tips on staying safe, we talked about the importance of trusting your gut and defending yourself. Here are two must-read books that address those tips in great detail. While every situation may not apply to our lives, there is much to learn from both books. The Gift of Fear Author: Gavin De Becker Gavin De Becker’s bestseller …
The Aftermath: How difficult it is to ‘Deal’ with Rape
July 25, 2013 by Lata Jha A lot of us talk about how one should ‘deal’ with rape. That it’s traumatizing and one requires courage, strength, some sort of a headlong response and the ability to not give up and make sure justice is sought. What we don’t realize is how easy it is to only say all this. What …
International Women’s Day – Significant or Pointless?
March 7, 2014 by Lata Jha Every year the 8th of March is a day to rejoice, celebrate, engage, reach out to women all over the world and discuss how far we’ve come and how much farther we still have to go. While it is encouraging to believe in the sanctity of the idea of International Women’s Day (IWD), more …
The Night that Changed Everything
She walked back home as usual on what was an ordinary night, It was a long walk on a lonely road with no one in sight. The sense of loneliness and uncertainty made her feel queer, But she held her head high and kept walking muffling her fear. Lurking in the dark, sat a beast disguised as a man, He …
Queen: A Fresh Perspective on Women
Bollywood movies are usually about heroism where a man rescues and comforts the female character and takes responsibility to fix all problems. Most sucessful Bollywood films have a male superstar in the lead role. However, looking at the recent trends in Bollywood we can see that there is a small shift from the typical movies to a new kind of …
Shielded and Oblivious: What Does the Absence of Sex Education in Schools Mean?
Life in an all girls’ school is unlike anything people belonging to a different world could imagine. In fact, it’s quite a world in itself. A world with rules, norms and presumptions of its own. Which is why for most convent girls, college is nothing less than a dramatic change. It’s not like they feel any less grateful towards school. …
Elections and Women
The 2014 Lok Sabha elections declared their results yesterday. First things first, congratulations to our new Indian Prime Minister, Mr. Modi. As a social media jockey, I have followed these elections very closely. There is no questioning the fact that these were the most ruthlessly fought elections in recent times where the ruling party was desperate to reclaim its power, …