Sexual Violence

How We Can Make Our Cities Safer Using Crowdsourced Data
The photo shows a red hand trying to shut the mouth of a woman. There’s a caption on the photo saying sexual harassment is a crime and a yellow caption in between says, break the silence.

Sexual violence is a global pandemic affecting one in three women at least once in their lifetime. The statistics in India are equally shocking. National Crime Records Bureau statistics of 2014 indicate that a rape occurs every 20 minutes in India.

By ElsaMarie D'Silva
June 1, 2017
How We Can Make Our Cities Safer Using Crowdsourced Data
How Not To Talk About ‘Women’s Safety’ In Public Spaces
Image of a woman being "watched" by eyes that symbolise societal moral policing

The only thing this language achieves (and maybe it is also the goal), is to create enough panic so that women themselves police and restrict their own mobility and whereabouts, and keep themselves away from public spaces whenever possible.

By Curated Content
April 15, 2020
How Not To Talk About ‘Women’s Safety’ In Public Spaces
How #MeToo Revealed the Central Rift Within Feminism Today
a collage of black and white photos of women smeared in red paint who seem to be screaming metoo

In the media and in private life, conversations about consent, hostile environments and power began, and there was a growing acknowledgment that a man’s unwanted sexual overtures were a symptom of broader social and political forces.

By Curated Content
July 16, 2018
How #MeToo Revealed the Central Rift Within Feminism Today
Editorial – Spaces and Sexuality
A wall completely covered with multicoloured, abstract graffiti

A space can make us feel constricted or liberated, and sometimes even both at the same and at varying times. The combination of spaces that we may be occupying in the moment, as well as those we have in the past, predisposes us to act, feel and experience our sexuality in different ways.

By TARSHI
April 18, 2022
Editorial – Spaces and Sexuality
Consent and violation
A drop of water falls on a water body. A silhoutted figure in black-and-white is seen in the background.

I was in standard 9th. She was our new Political Science teacher. Our entire class adored her; after all, she…

By Guest Writer
February 15, 2014
Consent and violation
CATAMITE
On a pick background, a photograph of a drop of water splashing.

On the other hand, in Abhay’s newly discovered wonderland, everything seemed to be awfully right. Soon, he began receiving proposals for sex-dates. Initially such proposals shocked him; for it took him a few months to get used to the fact that sex with men was only a click away.

By Kaustav Bakshi
October 5, 2020
CATAMITE
Brushstrokes: Risky Date
Against a grey background, little thought bubbles that talk about poential risks one can encounter on a blind date

First dates can be a source of both excitement and anxiety – the possibility of finding a connection someone new is endlessly exhilarating, but the uncertainty around what to expect can be unnerving

By Curated Content
March 5, 2019
Brushstrokes: Risky Date
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