I was harassed. No More Silence. Ways To Resist Sexual Harassment
I know it is harsh but not reporting harassment is equivalent to encouraging it and putting the other women in danger too.
women and harrasment
Making Public Transport Safer: BMTC Gets 100 More Durga Alarms
Bangalore Metropolitan Transport Corporation (BMTC) has decided to further strengthen its efforts to help women report sexual harassment in the city transport buses. They will now introduce 100 more panic buttons or ‘Durga alarms’ in buses from Jayanagar, Shantinagar and Banashankari depots. The BMTC has signed a pact with DURGA (Dare to understand behaviour, respond appropriately […]
Conductor Slaps Woman In Bengaluru Bus For Demanding Small Change
An evening out with her 3-year-old granddaughter turned into a nightmare for 41-year-old Lakshmi Renukesh, a resident of Kirloskar Layout, Bengaluru, last week. Instead of having an enjoyable bus ride, Renukesh had the worst experience of her life — ending up getting assaulted by the conductor when she asked for change for the ticket money.
Bengaluru Has Only 606 Women Cops: Data
Recent data collected from the Bureau of Police Research and Development states that Bengaluru, where the horrific mass molestation incident took place on New Year’s Eve, has a mere 606 policewomen in its jurisdiction.
David Guetta’s Concert Cancelled In Bengaluru, #NewYearHorror The Reason
Grammy Award-winning DJ and music producer David Guetta’s much awaited show of India’s electronic music festival was cancelled. While reasons for not going ahead with his show at Sunburn in Bangalore were not specified, the information was put on a Facebook post. The Bengaluru police hasn’t admitted to it being a law and order issue […]
Protest Still On. Celebs React To Bangalore’s #NewYearHorror
Since the day Bangalore witnessed the horrific New Year’s Eve mass molestation event, many celebrities have taken to social media to shame the authority’s lack of safety measures. And when Karnataka’s Home Minister G Parameswara blamed women for their ‘westernized lifestyle,’ the whole nation burst out in rage. “These kinds of things happen,” he said. Meanwhile, another shocking […]
Women Of Bangalore Say City Is Far From Safe, Losing Its Professional Image
What happened in Bangalore on 31st night was not only terrifying but a sudden awaking that the tech city is afterall not safe for women. It is telling that a city that has been a great melting point of people from around the world, donned the name Silicon Valley of India and being marshalling the […]
Bangalore: Women Assaulted, Groped On New Year’s Eve
Shame on Bangalore city. Women were groped and molested on the 31st December night. When the whole world was busy with celebrating the new year, reportedly Bangalore’s youth were caught in ugly pictures – reportedly women were molested enmasse, became target of lewd comments on streets of Bangalore’s most popular and populated areas like MG […]
Man arrested for making lewd calls to over a hundred women, claims he did it just for ‘fun’
The accused purchased SIM cards and then destroyed them after making the calls.
How unsafe is Bangalore for women?
India’s startup capital has been declared unsafe for women, a tag it can’t possibly be proud of. Statistics look bad. VS Ugrappa, who heads the expert committee on preventing sexual violence against women and children in Karnataka has slammed the Bengaluru Urban Administration with results of a survey that show the city’s safety records are terrible. […]
