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    Smart cities have to be safe cities: Town planners, policy makers and budget experts need to do gender budgeting incorporating facets such as women-friendly civic infrastructure- water, sanitation, health care, safe transport, public toilets, helplines, skill development for crisis management and, safety at work place. While making budgets for social defense services, consideration must be given to safety of girls and women in schools and colleges in terms of prevention of child sexual abuse through public education and counselling facilities, separate toilets for girls and boys in schools, legal literacy on POCSO Act, 2012 and Prevention of Sexual Harassment Workplace Act, 2013, special cells in the police department to take action against display of pornographic images, SMS messages, cybercrimes that victimize young girls at public places, in public transport- buses, local trains, rickshaws and taxis. Installation of panic buttons for customers in rickshaws and taxis need to be made mandatory in all cities. Women vendors and child workers, women employees working in the night shifts are highly exposed to unwanted sexual advances and petty harassment. Hence, budgetary allocation for referral centres /information desks should be provided in markets and public places. This will also reduce trafficking of children and women separated from their family members and sleeping at night at railway stations, bus stations and footpaths.

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    Smart cities have to be safe cities: Town planners, policy makers and budget experts need to do gender budgeting incorporating facets such as women-friendly civic infrastructure- water, sanitation, health care, safe transport, public toilets, helplines, skill development for crisis management and, safety at work place. While making budgets for social defense services, consideration must be given to safety of girls and women in schools and colleges in terms of prevention of child sexual abuse through public education and counselling facilities, separate toilets for girls and boys in schools, legal literacy on POCSO Act, 2012 and Prevention of Sexual Harassment Workplace Act, 2013, special cells in the police department to take action against display of pornographic images, SMS messages, cybercrimes that victimize young girls at public places, in public transport- buses, local trains, rickshaws and taxis. Installation of panic buttons for customers in rickshaws and taxis need to be made mandatory in all cities. Women vendors and child workers, women employees working in the night shifts are highly exposed to unwanted sexual advances and petty harassment. Hence, budgetary allocation for referral centres /information desks should be provided in markets and public places. This will also reduce trafficking of children and women separated from their family members and sleeping at night at railway stations, bus stations and footpaths.

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    Safe Cities and Gender

    Issues

    Dr. Vibhuti Patel, DIRECTOR, CSSEIP


    &
    Professor and Head,
    Post Graduate Department of Economics,
    SNDT Womens University,
    Smt. Nathibai Thakersey Road, Churchgate,
    Mumbai-400020
    Tel91) (22) 22031879, Ext.243, Mobile9321040048

    Breakdown of the inherent laws


    of society

    Urbanisation often goes hand in hand with a


    rise in urban violence and crime.
    Extortion
    children and women are seen as soft spots
    victims of violence
    One kidnapping in the city is enough, one
    rape is enough and the feeling of insecurity
    is spread like wild fire among the women
    and children of those areas. This is in the
    more traditional form of violence It not
    only frightens them, it controls every act
    they consider doing then onwards.
    2

    Advantages of safety for


    women

    Feeling safe is to feel protected. It is a


    feeling of well-being which can envelop a
    family, a community, a neighbourhood and a
    city.
    Its composition is hard to decipher, but it is
    an all -encompassing feeling of calm which
    is often as invisible as clean unpolluted air
    and, inversely, when fear and anxiety take
    its place, that feeling is as palpable as
    though it was a physical reality.
    More freedom, less confinement & control
    Opportunity to travel, education, job, career
    Prevention of child marriage
    3

    Law and Order" situation


    &
    the
    state
    Conflict makes women unsafe

    Hostility between rival groups is played on


    bodies of women and girls-rape, sexual
    harassment
    Insular existence
    Harm to community spirit
    Refugee camps
    Child marriages increase in the context of
    unsafe environment
    Police Helpline -103, 1091
    One stop crisis centres for women survivors
    of violence: doctors, lawyers, police,
    4
    emergency shelter, legal aid

    Infrastructure and Safety


    Need for safe Housing-Night shelter for homeless
    women
    Half way homes for elderly women
    Information desk for women and children at railway
    stations/buses
    Road widening for 4 wheelers ad heavy vehicles
    have taken toll of pavements-Proper foot paths for
    pedestrians, vendors, hawkers whose presence
    ensures safety
    Proper lighting
    Safety audit by Akshara- in Mumbai city there are
    over 400 spots which are unsafe (Like Shakti Mill
    Compound)
    Safe, clean, free toilets at railway stations, bus
    5
    stops, markets, public places

    Violence Against Women

    Gang rape, Seduction and Rape


    Moral policing, honour killing
    Kidnapping
    Acid Attacks
    Murders
    Extortion
    Senior women
    Women headed households
    Sex Trade-girls & women facing sexual
    blackmail
    6
    Cyber crimes

    Malnutrition, MMR, CMR,


    Malaria, Dengue, Tuberculosis,
    HIV-AIDS
    Slum sanitation-toilets

    Stagnant water-Malaria, dengue


    Water born diseases
    T.B. , HIV-AIDS
    Women as carers and as patients
    High maternal and child mortality in urban
    Slums
    Malnutrition-More than 45% women and children
    Food security-curbing inflation in essential
    commodities
    Strong public health measures: Closed gutters,
    safe drinking water, health care facilities
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    Safety at Schools &


    Colleges

    Child Sexual Abuse


    Separate Toilets
    Counselors
    Sexual harassment
    Stalking
    Acid Attacks
    Moral policing
    Pornography-blue films
    Transport-Buses, local trains

    Safety of women
    workers-

    Women commuters-Railway stations,


    bus stands, auto, taxi
    Informal sector
    Domestic workers
    Call centres
    Small scale industries
    Offices
    Corporate Sector
    Markets
    Public places
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    Demands of Womens
    Groups
    More police officers on ground to deter

    criminals
    Better help lines-Efficient, effective and
    ensure communication channels with police
    are open
    Gender sensitization of police personnel
    Well lit streets, more CCTV cameras, panic
    buttons on autos and cabs
    No victim blaming
    Transparent guidelines for post trauma care,
    counseling, rehabilitation, compensation
    Rise and Respond to Ensure safety of Women
    10

    Women United will Never be


    Defeated

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    Thank you

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