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In educational spaces, how can the language of safety be made more inclusive and enabling as opposed to exclusionary and protectionist?

A. Imagine that you are moving away from home for the first time to attend a college in a new city or town. Your parents are helping you find an accommodation. You find an accommodation that has a CCTV camera installed at the entrance to assure the parents and students of the safety measures they …

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In your everyday life, how do some of the identities you bear shape your experiences of public spaces as accessible or inaccessible, enabling or restrictive, during various times of the day and night? (Public spaces could include spaces such as streets, markets, parks, courts, gyms, shopping malls, public transport, educational institutions, police stations, hospitals, clubs, …

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Imagine you are a student at a university, living in the hostel. If you wish to access an on-campus resource center such as the library that is 2 kms away from the hostel late at night, what would you do? What are the factors – such as your fears or any distinctive advantages – that …

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Prof. Sanjay

Head & Dean, Faculty of Social Work, Mahatma Gandhi Kashi Vidyapeeth, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh In a state where rivers are worshiped as mothers and the feminine power of the Goddess is revered, it is ironic that 64 percent of men are inequitable in their attitudes towards intimate partners. This is Uttar Pradesh! Rigid masculinity is the …

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Sheeba K.M.

Associate Professor, Sree Sankaracharya University of Sanskrit, Kalady, Kerala In a region that has for over a decade registered literacy rates of over 90 percent and about 60 percent of the students enrolled in higher education are females, one expects the campus to be a liberating space instead of an instrument of community control. But …

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WISCOMP initiated the HAMSA Project with the Coordinators’ Meeting in October 2018!

WISCOMP facilitated a Consultative Meeting on ‘Hamsa: Campus Equity Initiative’ on 13 October 2018, which brought together development practitioners, academicians, lawyers, policy makers and representatives from various universities across the country. WISCOMP envisions to draw on its wide network of educational institutions and think tanks to facilitate and institutionalize gender-just norms and practices at HEIs.

Amrita Sarkar

Senior Program Officer, Gender and Sexuality, Saathii, New Delhi Amrita Sarkar was instrumental in the development of a Trans persons Resource Centre at the University of Delhi. She advocates for trans-person-friendly infrastructure at educational institutions across different parts of India.

Sadhana Mishra

Social Development Officer, Kalinga Institute of Social Sciences, Bhubaneswar, Odisha Sadhana Mishra is involved in advocacy for the right to education for trans persons through multiple networks at the national level.