EXPLORE THE URBAN ENVIRONMENT
This mission is all about getting out in the world and making observations about the people and places in our communities.
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The 'invisible' urban workforce
Many women in cities are in informal work which takes place in areas where the workers are at best lacking in basic infrastructure and services and at worst regularly subjected to harrassment, corruption and crime. Common livelihoods such as street v
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Street Harassment
Harassment in relation to the bystander effect. http://changingminds.org/explanations/theories/bystander_effect.htm
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The Locust Effect: Why the End of Poverty Requires the End of Violence
In the new book "The Locust Effect" by Gary A. Haugen, the topic of how violence effects the lives of those living in poverty-stricken areas and how the eradication of violence would better their lives is discussed.
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How low-income female work in China
Although China is considered as the most successful economy, many people still live in poverty. I will help research on how poor women make their living in a poor village in Guangzhou urban area (strange but true). Thus give us more information on ho
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Together 'WE' make the difference, no gender-biased society is safe and successful...
Focusing on these key terms, 'gender', 'isolation', 'social', 'lack of'.... There is a distinct reoccurring theme of DIVISION. We need to bring women into the workforce! -front and center. Bring them into the male workplace and re-develop the
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Gender violence awareness week at NYU
NYU prevention/education programs regarding gender violence.
Walking in her shoes
How would the men who harass or violate the safety of women feel if they were put in that scenario? This video shows a variety of situations a women might be subjected to, ranging from everyday harassment on the street, to a violent encounter with p
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Never let your guard down
I came across this interesting article about New Delhi and some women's experiences. In this article it explains that women live in fear of 'routine gropings' they suffer on public buses to far more violent assaults and some have structured their ent
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Double Standard in Health Coverage
Birth control coverage could be refused based on the grounds of religious freedom in the Hobby Lobby Supreme Court case, whereas penis pumps are federally funded with no objection.
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Speak up in the moment!
During the Amplify Team’s research trip we identified that sexual harassment in public transportation is the most common threat to women and girls in Delhi and Kathmandu.
Empowering the inhabitants to change their culture and expand the areas where recreation can occur to improve everyone's lives and enrich our urban centers
Making urban areas safer and more empowering for women and girls will also create and foster a better environment and culture for everyone. Another way to think of it is that in order to empower women and girls the community must improve the environm
EU: 1 in 3 Women have faced physical or sexual assault.
One in three women in the EU has suffered a physical or sexual assault since the age of 15, according to a new EU study. It corresponds to 62 million women, and shows just how "extensive" and "systematically under-reported" violence against women is.
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Empowering the Bystander
A clever campaign based on the notion that many bystanders choose not to intervene when they see street harassment because they assume that the person being harassed is somehow complimented by it. These videos, created by a community in Chicago with
Nepal's menstrual exiles
I think that it is important during the research phase to identify ways in which women are suffering from gender-based violence and discrimination globally, and an example of that is the practice of 'chaupadi' in Nepal, where women are exiled during
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'Feeling safe' and 'Being safe'
“Tere ghar par maa behan nahi hain” (Don’t you have a sister and mother at home) often heard in movies to abuse the loafer on the road. In reality you often get an answer back saying “ maa behan toh hain, par Chamiya nahi hain” (There is sister and
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Correlation of Perceived Safety to Physical Activity
Girls and young women who have a more positive perception of the safety of their environment are more likely to engage in physical activity and lead healthier, more active lives.
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From Perpetuators to Protectors: How we can make the people responsible for greater violence against women part of the solution
Uganda is often referred to as “Boda Country” because of its vast network of motorcycle public transporters locally refered to as “Boda Bodas”. There are thousands of Boda Boda stops throughout the country and the advantage is that at every hour of t
"I don't watch my neighbors. I see them."
This article highlights Justice for Families' "Night Out for Safety Democracy and Human Rights". It brings up an interesting point about prescribed neighborhood watch programs vs. organic "eyes on the street". It made me wonder how we might incentivi
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Using Architecture to make safer buildings
This article is about using Architecture to make people feel safer.
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How can we help improve safety situation of a group without identifying them? Stories about transgender
When we talk about safety issues, we talk about men, women, children, or any other groups could be identified, but how about these people who are marginalized by the society? Are there any organization concerning about them?
Guardian Angels
There is at least one low tech mobile phone per person in the low income sectors of urban Lima in Perú. Usually, people live with family members and their "towns" are composed by same state inmigrants, you can find people from Cajamarca living near b