Meena, a delivery worker in Delhi, works tirelessly every day, delivering food and groceries top eople’s homes. She navigates busy streets, endures extreme weather, and works long hours, often without the safeguards that come with formal employment. Like many in the gig economy, a rapidly...
“The day a woman can walk freely on the roads at night is the day we can see that India achieved its independence” - Mahatma Gandhi. Even after 76 years of our independence the freedom to be able to walk safely in our cities is...
Growing up in a city, the echoes of caution — "Don’t step out late at night," "Get home before it gets dark," "Don’t go out alone" — are familiar refrains for many girls. The expectation was that, as adults, these restrictions would dissolve. Unfortunately, the...
Adequate housing is not just houses, but ensuring safe, liveable and inclusive neighbourhoods for all. Art and culture are an integral part of this process. ‘Fursat ki Fizayen’, a socially engaged art project encouraging women’s participation in public space, offers insights into how young women...
In 1985, feminist theorist Donna Haraway introduced the idea of the cyborg - a being that defies traditional concepts of identity and embodiment. Fast forward to 2023, and we find ourselves living in a world where technology and the internet are increasingly intertwined with our...
The recent case of rape in Bengaluru where a bike taxi driver and his friend sexually assaulted a 22-year-old woman, has elicited the same old knee-jerk reactions to the incident - banning bike taxis, advocating severe penalties for the violators, and placing the onus of...
As Urban October comes to an end, Safetipin would like to celebrate World Cities Day with our #sheRISES framework. Through the month, we have been unpacking each letter in the hashtag #sheRISES along with visuals of what women-friendly cities would look like. Over the past...
Photo Credit: Sourav Karmakar (Top 8 shortlist, Photo/Illustration Competition) Honourable Mention: “Re:Imagine, Re-Design, Re-Claim” Essay Competition for #UrbanOctober2021 Theme: Beyond the Binary: Queer interactions within the urban realm A few years ago,rainbow flags peppered every major street in my hometown, the secondary city of Kannur in Kerala. While...
Photo Credit: Sourav Karmakar (Top 8 shortlist, Photo/Illustration Competition) Honourable Mention: “Re:Imagine, Re-Design, Re-Claim” Essay Competition for #UrbanOctober2021 Theme: Beyond the Binary: Queer interactions within the urban realm Since birth, we are conditioned to view the world through a very binary lens of gender such as male/masculine/man and...
Theme: Mitigating Migration - Impact of Resettlement on Gendered Bodies Within the context of India, where the ‘migrant worker’ is a wide-spread phenomenon, the migrant woman is a citizen who is an integral component of the urban machine, but an anonymous newcomer. Illustration 1 observes women who...
