After the spate of rapes and molestations in Mumbai and of course, the daily sexual harassment of women, AKSHARA CENTRE decided to launch HarassMap-Mumbai. it is a socio techno tool using crowdsourcing to enable women to report their experiences and citizens to spot and report unsafe spaces. The idea is to get women to report and engage local groups and the police to take action. This is possible if people use their mobiles and internet connections.
Check it out: HarassMap-Mumbai
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You should take a look at this mapping tool too, for Delhi and NCR:
http://safecity.in/ .
These guys have been very active on this issue.
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Reblogged this on Vishal Bheeroo and commented:
A good initiative to spread awareness about rape and sexual violence. Be informed and thumbs up to AKSHARA CENTRE on HarassMap-Mumbai.
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Reblogged this on Everyday Feminisms and commented:
This is probably a great starting point. With collaborative efforts of reporting abuse, we can foray towards reformation. Also, a crowd-sourced map of this kind is probably better than the sensational reportage of newspapers and tabloids. The stories here will be based on experiences of people, not appalling adjective usage of journalists. I am looking forward to the consequences/ results this might bring out.
Please see their “How To Report” section on the bottom right hand side of the screen.
Power to us!
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