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KNOWLEDGE PARTNERSHIP PROGRAMME
Progress Report
Safetipin
Active Learning Solutions
Submitted to
Department for International Development (DFID)
IPE Global Pvt. Ltd.
January 2014
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Safetipin Progress Report
Launch of Application
The Safetipin application was launched on November 13, 2013 at the British Council
Auditorium. It was launched by Nandita Das, a well known actor and activist. The launch
was well attended by an audience of over 170 people. The evening began with a welcome
address by Ms. Jill Caldicott, Director Operations of British Council India. This was followed
by a brief talk by Ms. Meenakshi Nath, Deputy Head, DFID India and Team Leader – Private
Sector & Strategy. Following this, Kalpana Viswanath and Ashish Basu, founders of Safetipin
did a brief presentation on the app and Nandita Das pressed the button to launch the app
formally. Two young people then gave
testimonials about their experience with using the
app as part of the pilot study - one was a young
woman from Hindu college and the second a
young man from Badarpur, a low income
community where Jagori works to empower
women and youth. The presentation and the
testimonials were well received.
Mr. Rajesh Ramakrishnan, Head Marketing from Hindustan Times which is the media
partner of Safetipin addressed the audience and lent their support to Safetipin. Ms Kavita
Ramdas, Representative India, Nepal and Sri Lanka of the Ford Foundation spoke about
support to Safetipin
as part of their new
initiative on ending
VAW. Following this
was a panel
discussion on the
topic of " Safety,
community and
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technology". The eminent panelists included Prof. AGK Menon , architect and Convenor
INTACH Delhi chapter, Nandita Das, actor and activist, Rajendra S Pawar , Chairman and Co-
Founder of the NIIT Group,
comprising NIIT Limited and NIIT
Technologies Limited, Rashmi Singh, the
Executive Director for the National
Mission for Empowerment of Women
(NMEW), Ministry of Women & Child
Development, Government of India and
Director Rashtriya Mahila Kosh and
Susmit Sen, well known musician and
founder of Indian Ocean band. There
was a lively discussion moderated by Kalpana Viswanath, co-founder of Safetipin. This was
followed by a question answer session where
Ashish Basu joined in answering questions from
the audience. Suneeta Dhar, Director Jagori spoke
about their involvement and support to the
initiative and the event ended with a vote of
thanks.
Stakeholder Meetings and Consultations
One of the key strategies to increase the usage and popularity of Safetipin is to forge
partnerships with key stakeholders and engage them in the process and findings from the
audits and information from Safetipin. We believe that the engagement of service providers
will be an impetus to getting more people to sue the app and share information. The
process of working with stakeholders is often a long process which requires several
meetings and discussions. Several meetings have been held and one stakeholder
consultation in Gurgaon on January 29th 2014.
Meetings
1. Public Works Department, Delhi
A meeting was convened by Mr. Arun Barooka, Secretary PWD, with key personnel from the
PWD including engineers to discuss the use of a tool like Safetipin. They requested Safetipin
to do a pilot set of audits in one area and share the findings with them. Audits were done in
the Lodi road area and findings have been shared.
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2. Delhi Police, South-west District
A series of meetings have been held with the DCP South west district and key SHO's of the
Dwarka to plan a series of safety audits that were conducted in Dwarka in early January
2014. Following the audits in ten areas, the police have launched an initiative "Salamat" in
partnership with Safetipin. A local stakeholder meeting with the police, DDA, resident
associations, and local residents was held on January 12, 2014. The event was well
attended by almost 100 people who were exposed to the use of Safetipin and they shared
their safety concerns in the area. As a follow up, the maps and findings of safety audits have
been shared. (Attached as Annex) Further discussions have begun on the possible actions
and the need to reach out to stakeholders.
3. UTTIPEC ( United Traffic and Transport Planning and Engineering)
UTTIPEC is a unit of the Delhi Development Authority under the LT. Governor of Delhi which
is a multi stakeholder body for all road, transport and infrastructure projects in Delhi. A
meeting was held with Mr. Ashok Bhattcharya, Director, Ms. Romi Roy, DDA and other
members. The Safetipin app was presented and they suggested that reports from Safetipin
audits can be sent to them and they would see if any recommendations could be acted
upon.
4. Secretary, Urban Development Department, Delhi government
A meeting was held with the Secretary to discuss possibilities of using findings from
Safetipin as an input into urban planning and design in the city. He has recommended a
meeting with the Minister and asked for findings to be shared.
5. Members of Aam Aadmi Party from Urban Development Department
A meeting was held with some key personnel from the urban development department to
discuss Safetipin. They have asked for a pilot in Malviya Nagar and findings to be shared.
This will be done in partnership with Romi Roy from DDA.
6. Faridabad Police
Three meetings were held with the Faridabad Police to discuss possibilities of working
together. They evinced interest in getting safety audits conducted on a pilot basis and
launching the Hindi version of the app. This discussion is currently under progress.
7. Gurgaon Police
A meeting was held with the Commissioner of Police, Alok Mittal who suggested a pilot
study of the Gurgaon east district and also suggested that Safetipin work in coordination
with Gurgaon Police to improve women's safety. This was followed with a meeting with
Nazneen Bhasin, DCP East with whom the pilot areas were jointly decided. This pilot is
currently underway and findings are being shared with the police and other stakeholders.
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Stakeholder Consultation in Gurgaon
On January 29, 2014, a stakeholder consultation "Women's Safety in Public and Work Places
in Gurgaon" was held in Gurgaon as a partnership with Gurgaon First. In addition to them,
the consultation had several supporting partners including Artemis Hospital, Iam Gurgaon,
Gurgaon Moms, Safe Gurgaon for Women, Gurgaon ki Awaz, JAFRA (Joint Action Forum of
Residents Association), Mission Development Gurgaon, Gurgaon Citizens Council, We the
People. It was attended by over 150 people, including resident associations, women from
companies in Gurgaon and members of other citizens groups and initiatives. Hindustan
Times was the media partner for the event and covered it in their publications.
This joint event had two panels on safety in public places and at work places. The keynote
address was made by the Joint Commissioner of Police and Safetipin presented the app and
the key findings from the current Gurgaon audit that is being undertaken.
The panel on safety in public places had Nisha Singh, Councillor, ward 30 Gurgaon and Anju
Pandey, UN Women as speakers. They spoke about the specific concerns and wider aspects
of women's safety and empowerment. Several members from the audience had questions
about what could be done, and expressed interest in using Safetipin. The panel on Women's
Safety at Work places examined the new laws on Sexual harassment and the experience of
women working in the formal and informal sectors.
Discussions centered around the role of different stakeholders and service providers in the
city and who to approach for improvements.
Response and future plans
Response from several key stakeholders has been encouraging and the process of
partnership is beginning. Police and urban bodies have been approached for their
involvement and sharing of data from Safetipin audits done in different parts of the city. As
described above, progress has been made with Dwarka police and Gurgaon police. Plans are
afoot to share findings with DDA and urban development department of Delhi government.
At the community level, we have held sessions through several partner organisations
including Jagori, Plan India and Literacy India to create interest and build the capacity of
youth and women in low income communities to use the Safetipin platform. In all cases,
they have found Safetipin easy to use and have expressed interest to be part of the
initiative. We are also working on a model of working in low income neighbourhoods using
online platforms and regular meetings to supplement the data collected through the
Safetipin app, so as to ensure greater participation. This will also be continuing through the
next few months.
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As planned, a national level workshop with representatives of women's groups and NGO
partners from other cities in India is to be held at the end of February to look at possible
collaborations and launching the app in other cities. A launch was done in Bangalore at the
end of January and they have begun conducting safety audits. We have had interest from
Bogota for using Safetipin and they will be doing the translation of Safetipin into Spanish.
Release of the App and Website
The App is released and can be downloaded for free on Google Play and Apple Store. It is
listed under ‘Safetipin’.
The website is www.safetipin.com
A brief document providing the overview of Safetipin is enclosed.