Yesterday I met Kavita Srivastava, a well-known activist in Jaipur. She was meeting a street artist, who was presenting all of his clay sculptures to us and explaining very animatedly the stories behind each piece. She is planning to help him set up an exhibition, and I offered to help with any publicity, even starting [...]
Entries Tagged as 'violence against women/harrassment'
Participating in local activism
February 2nd, 2011 · 2 Comments
Tags: activism · empowerment · feminism · human development · media · rural india · technology · violence against women/harrassment
Culture shock & conversation
May 25th, 2010 · 4 Comments
Kelly shares an experience of sexual harrassment and culture-shock while living in Cairo: It took a long time for me to process that culture shock–perhaps I am still–but one thing I know is this: The conversation is dynamic between an individual and her environment and just as it would be absolutely absurd to respond in a [...]
Tags: culture · expat life · feminism · health & well-being · human development · Sharings · violence against women/harrassment
‘Roses are red, violence is blue’
September 6th, 2008 · No Comments
Listen to the song ‘Roses’ by Jo Freya here. What a beautiful way to transmit such a powerful message. Heard it on Genvieve Tudor’s Sunday Folk BBC show from 31st August, you can still listen to the whole show until tomorrow.
Tags: culture · violence against women/harrassment
Reacting to harassment
September 5th, 2008 · No Comments
The BBC World Service show ‘World Have Your Say’ featured a segment on How should women react to sexual harassment? Listen here, it will be available for several more days. Via Blank Noise.
Tags: activism · media · mobility · violence against women/harrassment
Gulabi Gang video
September 3rd, 2008 · No Comments
Via Feministing.
Tags: activism · empowerment · feminism · legal issues · violence against women/harrassment

