Can the Safecity app make Delhi safer for women?
by Ellie Violet Bramley from Technology | The Guardian on (#H8X2)
As India's cities struggle to turn the tables on rape and sexual assault, a new app allows women to share their stories of harassment and actively address abusive behaviour in their neighbourhoods
I was touched at rush hour at the busy Andheri Station. A person passing my rickshaw simply touched my breast and ran away while I sat disgusted and dumbfounded in the rickshaw at a signal. I couldn't even see his face and don't even know whom to hate more - him or my timing for being there at that point. (Andheri West)
The Safecity app lets women share their stories of harassment and abuse in public spaces in cities. Elsa D'Silva, one of its founders, says that women can use it to report "what happened, where it happened and when it happened".
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