Gynaecologists We Trust: From Amba Azad and Team

Last week Amba Azad tweeted a call for contributions, titled ' Gynaecologists We Trust' .

The Crowdsourced List of Gynaecologists We Trust 

Initiated by @AmbaAzad and Team

This is an attempt to crowdsource a directory of trustworthy gynaecologists. Finding doctors who are on our side is hard enough, and when it comes to something as intimate as our internal plumbing, it's even more difficult.

We need gynaes who are well-trained, affordable, reassuring, and above all, respectful of any sexual or lifestyle choices we make.

We need doctors who know that not all people want their uterus, and that not all people with uteri are women.

We need medical expertise devoid of moral judgements regarding how we use our bodies.

And we need compassionate care that we can rely on when we are scared, in pain and sick, without any shaming for being promiscuous, queer, single, trans, abused, kinky, disabled, fat, childless, or any other aspect of our social identity that should have no relevance to the quality of medical care we deserve.

The folks who’ve spent time and energy filling out our survey to help us crowdsource this list have our gratitude! Our survey remains open, and if you have a positive experience with a gynaecologist whom you’d like to see included on this list, please do fill out the form yourself to share their info with us - http://goo.gl/forms/SL8WLOIqo9

If you have questions or feedback about this project, you can get in touch with us via email (docrecs@gmail.com), twitter (@AmbaAzaad) or by filling out the last question of our form along with an email address we can reach you at. (http://goo.gl/forms/SL8WLOIqo9).

Find a recommended gynaecologist in your city!

Safe Community Pledge with Action Heroes from Tibetan Women's Association

Safe City Pledge translated as 'Safe Community Pledge' during our Action Hero: I Never Ask For It workshop with TWA.

What is the smallest bit that you can do to make your community safe ?

Pledges below:

Safe City Pledge fb page. Take a pledge. Upload it. Identify the smallest actionable you can take to make your city, community, school, workspace, environment safe. 

Badaun

"An autotopsy report confirms cousins were raped"
"Kerala Women wrap themselves in banners to protest Badaun gangrape"
India GangRapes : Outrage over police 'discrimination' 
"Badaun Rape Case was a case of honor killing claim UP police"
"UP Govt trying to silence us says Badaun rape victims' families"
"Rape is accidental says Chattisgarhs Home Minister Ramsevak Paika"
"In Rajya Sabha BSP demands dismissal of Akhilesh Yadav over Badaun Rape Case"
"Why India's sanitation crisis kills women"
"India Bihar Rapes caused by lack of toilets"
" Horrified at reports of violence against women in India: US on Badaun Rape Case"
Two girls in a tree, Badaun gangrape photos are inexcusable"
"Indian politician's 'accidental rape' remark adds to rising public anger"
"Indian State Minister on Rape: Sometimes its right, sometimes its wrong"
"CBI team reaches Badaun, another girl raped in Meerut"
"Akhilesh Yadav on rapes in Uttar Pradesh " What Else Can I Do?"
"Another gang rape in Badaun District " 

Yelahanka Action Heroes : Safe City Pledge

Yelahanka Action Heroes were formed during a month long Action Hero workshop at the Srishti School of Art Design and Technology. Time period: November -December 2012/ November -December 2013

The Yelahanka Action Hero 2013 team included the following
Saumya Pankaj, Shruti Anand, Ruchir Gupta, Fiza Ishaq, Upasna, Soumya , Ritika, Sachi Raval, Trusha Orza, Muniza , Shivangi ( to be updated)

The YAH team was built also with the support of the auto rickshaw drivers community in Yelahanka. The Action Hero network grew as auto rickshaw drivers took the Safe City Pledge.

We will be sharing all of activities and events built by the Action Heroes over the next couple of weeks.

Yelahanka Action Heroes
Sachi Raval, Shivangi, Trusha

All NEW Yelahanka Action Hero (YAH)
growing network of Yelahanka citizens

Thinking. Men.

Safe City Pledge
Action Hero
Upasna Bhatia

Sexual Harassment At Workplace

CNN IBN reporters take theSafe City Pledge

CNN IBN takes the Safe City Pledge

Safe City Pledge . Small step big change:

https://www.facebook.com/SafeCityPledge

Safe City Pledge calls for a 360 degree approach to building safe cities. It creates that space to step outside the blame game and take ownership of sexual violence. The campaign is based on the premise that each citizen has both the power and ability to influence change . Safe City Pledge brings citizens across roles and professions to identify their role towards tackling violence against women and building safe cities.

Hence what would a school teacher pledge, film maker pledge to construct masculinity and femininity, what would the police pledge? Can the police pledge to work on restoring building public trust ? We seeSafe City Pledge as the start of a conversation around ownership and responsibility, accountability. Small Step. Big Change.

Safe City Pledge was initiated in December 2012 by Blank Noise in India, in the midst of public anger, protests and outrage after the Delhi Gang Rape. On January 1st , 2013 citizens from different walks of life and organisations, across 12 cities in India mobilised fellow citizens to take the Safe City Pledge. Since then #SafeCityPledge has built tweetathon, facilitated workshops in schools, colleges.

Safe City Pledge Action Hero Team includes the following people:

Yamini Deen, Abhishek Chaudhury, Shivangini Tandon, Maria Del Rio, Jasmeen Patheja, Bhamati Sivapali, Viveka Chauhan + every Action Hero who took the pledge.

How To Design a City For Women

Via The Atlantic Cities

"In 1999, officials in Vienna, Austria, asked residents of the city's ninth district how often and why they used public transportation. "Most of the men filled out the questionnaire in less than five minutes," says Ursula Bauer, one of the city administrators tasked with carrying out the survey. "But the women couldn't stop writing."

More here

Are you an urban planner
An architect
A politician / corporator in charge of an area or district?
Think inclusive design. Take the #SafeCityPledge
Share your thoughts, plans, ideas on making cities safe and inclusive.
We would love to be part of this conversation with you.
email in at blurtblanknoise@gmail.com

Your Attention Please. Reporters . Journalists

By Kalpana Sharma for the Hoot

On Sunday, August 25, three days after the journalistic fraternity and many others in Mumbai were shaken by the gang-rape of a young journalist, the Times of India (TOI) announced that from henceforth it would use the word “survivor” instead of “victim” while reporting on rape and sexual assault.  Its competitor in Mumbai, Hindustan Times, had already beaten TOI to this by using the term in its coverage of this dastardly crime from day one. ....But if it represents just a cosmetic change of using politically correct terminology, it means little. More here

#SafeCityPledge Workshop Delhi

Safe City Pledge  workshop at Cambridge School Delhi ,
with 600 students between 14-17 years
Facilitated by Action Heroes :Yamini Deen. Viveka Chauhan. Bhamati Sivapalan

#SafeCityPledge #Kolkata

Simrin Mehra Agarwal, Artist, Citizen, Action Hero takes her Safe City Pledge.
Have you?

To The Men. Mard. Guys. Boys. Gents. - There are men against sexual violence. 
We want to hear you LOUDER. Say it. Build this space

Making "Rapist Lane" the Safest Lane

This lane in Yelahanka, Bangalore was referred to as the "Rapist Lane" by a number of women between the age of 18- 22 years. We don't have evidence of rape in this location but it had taken this name because a number of women had been molested in this stretch. It had earned a reputation of being unsafe; something you don't negotiate, but accept. The Yelahanka Action Heroes ( a locality specific Blank Noise Action Hero network) intervened to change the scene. This place was seen as unsafe due to the following reasons:

1. No street lights working

2. No commercial activity, a vegetable cart at 4 pm, an ice cream cart at 5 pm, factory workers leaving at 5 15 pm.

3. Men would stop their cars and drink. And or get out and pee. 

4. Buses were parked by the pavements all day, they belonged to the factory and would take the women factory workers home in the evening. The rest of the day, the buses were stationery and empty, hence often perceived as threatening.

Unlearning Fear. Asserting Presence

Here's one of the projects towards making Rapist Lane- the Safest Lane

Three Action Hero giants were painted on the wall along this stretch. 

They had a neon paint and so they would glow at night. 

While painting, the Yelahanka Action Heroes befriended the locals and the bus drivers who also got involved in giving feed back, or adding paint to the Giant Action Hero mural. 

{Yelahanka Action Heroes / YAH! was built during a month long Action Hero course 

at Srishti School of Art Design and Technology, November-December 2012}

Team includes : Vishaka Jindal, Anamika Deb, Radha Rohit Parulekar, Pallavi Datta, Masood Ali, Aneri Jhaveri +

Also here

Intervened. Changed The Scene. ( until July 31st )

There are men against sexual violence. We just want to hear you louder. Tell us how you stood up against sexism #SafeCityPledge

#SafeCityPledge Mumbai

Artist. Actor. Activist. and Rajya Sabha Member
Shabana Azmi takes the #SafeCityPledge

location: Delhi. Saket
credit: Yamini Deen. Viveka Chauhan

Pledge with PRIDE
taken your #SafeCityPledge yet?
also at http://facebook.com/safecitypledge/

Safe City Pledge

@bedatri tweets

#EndSH #SafeCityPledge #RingTheBell

#SegregationNoSolution

cross linked here

1. Bedatri D Choudhury @Bedatri11 Apr

   Time to get off now :( I shall tweet in detail in a bit.phone net sucks #endsh

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2. Bedatri D Choudhury @Bedatri11 Apr

   "@shivtan: “@vivekachauhan: Im finding that men get very squirmish if you stare right back at them. fun!" #endsh me too!

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   Shivangini @shivtan11 Apr

   “@vivekachauhan: Im finding that men get very squirmish if you stare right back at them. fun!" #endsh yes im trying to keep count

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4. Bedatri D Choudhury @Bedatri11 Apr

   @BLANK_NOISE the USSR is a typo :P

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5. Bedatri D Choudhury @Bedatri11 Apr

   @BLANK_NOISE USSR.my phone camera and GPS is crazy

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6. Bedatri D Choudhury @Bedatri11 Apr

   @BLANK_NOISE the bus is bursting at seams.no one is humoured :P

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7. Bedatri D Choudhury @Bedatri11 Apr

   'dhakka toh lagega hi.bheed ka time hain' #endsh

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8. Bedatri D Choudhury @Bedatri11 Apr

   @moupriya1 @BLANK_NOISE I wanted to experience standing :P

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9. Bedatri D Choudhury @Bedatri11 Apr

   Really crowded and women have taken to standing in the tiny sliver of space between ladies' seats #endsh

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10. Bedatri D Choudhury @Bedatri11 Apr

    Little funny how ppl are eyeing me with suspicion #endsh

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11. Bedatri D Choudhury @Bedatri11 Apr

    Cranky network.please to bear with me.#endsh @BLANK_NOISE

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12. Bedatri D Choudhury @Bedatri11 Apr

    Amidst much cribbing,I get up and stand.'yeh toh ladies' seat Nahin hain' murmurs.the real thing starts now #endsh

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14. Bedatri D Choudhury @Bedatri11 Apr

    Conductor thinks I am a journalist.sad to know I am not.'rule hain madam,humein kya pata' bus is filling up.more women.#endsh

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15. Bedatri D Choudhury @Bedatri11 Apr

    @BLANK_NOISE @shivtan @vivekachauhan @Bell_Bajao too much fun!

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16. Bedatri D Choudhury @Bedatri11 Apr

    @lobbedpass I am in a bus

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17. Bedatri D Choudhury @Bedatri11 Apr

    @BLANK_NOISE still on a general.strong feeling I will either need to fight or shift #endsh

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1. Bedatri D Choudhury @Bedatri11 Apr

   Actually no concept of a general seat.ladies seat or 'admiyon ka seat' (men's seat).there r 8 ladies' seats and ard 22 'men's seats' #endsh

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2. Bedatri D Choudhury @Bedatri11 Apr

   Bus still has a bit to start.I get off and loiter,no woman in sight.trying to tweet pic #endsh

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3. Bedatri D Choudhury @Bedatri11 Apr

   Empty bus because this is where route starts.I take general seat,promptly asked to take a ladies' seat #segregation #endsh

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4. Bedatri D Choudhury @Bedatri11 Apr

   The bus depot has just another woman.she takes the same bus.sometimes there are more women,mostly with husbands #endsh

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