This document summarizes a citizen's initiative called Safecity, which aims to increase awareness of sexual abuse and street harassment. It was founded by Niharika Jain and several volunteers. Safecity is an online platform that allows citizens to anonymously report unsafe places on a map and share personal stories. It has partnerships with police and companies. The initiative seeks to inculcate reporting as a habit and scale up efforts to more cities in India. Key challenges include motivating continued citizen reporting and volunteer participation at a large scale.

1. A Citizen’s Initiative
Presentation by:
Niharika Jain - Youth Outreach Program Coordinator- Safecity
Co-founding Volunteers:
ElsaMarie D’silva | Saloni Malhotra | Aditya Kapoor | Surya Bansal
Supported by over 20+ Volunteers

2. WHY this business INITIATIVE
 We need more preventive strategies as a society
 It's not about how the guilty are punished after the act
Its about why does anyone have to go through a horrifying
experience in the first place?
#100unsafeplaces

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Online platform to increase awareness of sexual abuse & street harassment
engage citizens to change the status quo.
Citizens
Forums
Knowledge
Pin
instances
• Google Maps
• Crowdsourced
• ‘Hot Spots’
• Audio / Visual
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Important Stats
Information Repository
Legal and Advisory
Get alerts
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Be an active participant
One issue at a time
Contribute for improvements

4. Personal Stories of Abuse shared on Safecity
November 2013
February 2013
1129
265
Chain Snatching added as several women from across
the country requested for the addtion

5. MILESTONES
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Tie-up with Goa police in the month of February.
Tie-up with PVR cinemas
Tie-up with Haiyya in Bombay
Saloni Malhotra became the board member of the women cell at
Prasar Bharti.
100 unsafe places campaign in Delhi

6. The CHALLENGE
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Reporting as a habit: How do we inculcate it ?
Scaling up to 1 Lakh reports in Delhi
Scaling up to other cities in India.

7. My questions to Alok
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How do we articulate and incentivize citizens to report?
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As a citizen’s initiative, we want volunteers to take charge
but often they look for guidance / a manager to tell them what
should be done. How do we motivate volunteers?
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How can we make it more mobile friendly?

8. www.safecity.in
https://www.facebook.com/safecity.in
@pinthecreep
info@safecity.in