Global Post: Indian NGO attempts to curb spousal abuse
By Emily Frost NEW DELHI — “My husband beats me — even now,” laughs 50-year-old Sunena, dressed in a yellow polka-dotted sari with her hands folded across her lap. In a dank, windowless room of a dilapidated one-story building in the Shahabad Dairy slum, nearly a dozen women unhesitatingly confess that their husbands beat them. They’re [...]
Hindustan Times: Safe in the city
Our experts tell you how to secure children from sexual harassment and show how basic accessories can help you escape dangerous situations. Also, for female drivers, there are tips on commuting safely. Safety tip If the attacker catches you from behind then you can use your leather belt like a whip, in case the assailant doesn’t [...]
Holi: The Festival Of Colors Or Crimes?
By P. V. Swati Recalling the last Holi I celebrated, it is hard to block the torturous memories attached to it. At the age of seven, the Holi day started like any other Holi in the past years. The customary early morning Gujiya and Badam Milk (no Bhang for seven year olds of course), and then [...]
Dude of the Day: Farhan Akhtar
Famous Bollywood actor Farhan Akhtar has a new mission – to fight violence against women! The multifaceted Akhtar has provided support to Delhi Police by being part of a newspaper campaign aimed at educating people on the issue of violence against women. In the advertisement, Akhtar sends an important message to Delhiites saying, “Make Delhi safer for [...]
India’s Youth Walks On The Risky Side
A new study reveals around 7% of young women and 27% of young men in India, who are having or have had premarital sex, use condoms. Only a mere 3% of women and 13% of men said to have always used protection in premarital relationships. The other results are equally alarming. Not more than 40% [...]
Flashing Yellow @ Flash Mob #2
100 rupees for the t-shirt that you have to wear to be a part of it? Hmmm….okay. Please Mend the Gap came about as a result of anger from a fateful incident in the Delhi Metro and frustration in general with the problem of safety, discrimination and inequality that women in Delhi have to live [...]
“The Weather Couldn’t Bring Down the Spirits against Domestic Violence”
Amrita travelled with the video van as a Breakthrough volunteer during the video van movement in New Delhi. In this blog, she shares her experience with how the van is received by women in college and general public in other parts of Delhi.
Bole Toh, Must Bol!
Breakthrough was invited by Commutiny, The Youth Collective, for a stakeholders’ consultation on using ‘Social Media for Social Change’. An organization working towards mainstreaming youth development and active citizenship through alternate and mainstream media, Must Bol is Commutiny’s on going brain child. Using the popular platform of social media, Must Bol is a call to [...]
