Community Business India Conference 2018
In this session we are joined by two pioneering women who have taken bold steps to break the culture of silence surrounding enduring inequalities and limiting stereotypesa in India. Kritisha Jain will talk about the disruptive #Iwillgoout movement and her subsequent ChalktheWalk campaign – both of which seek to assert the equal rights of women and challenge the men’s abuse of women. Reknowned social activist, Kirthi Jayakumar, will also talk about Red Elephant, her story-telling initiative designed to open up channels of communication towards creating societies of tolerance, peacebuilding and equality.
The #Iwillgoout social media campaign was started across 33 cities following the mass molestation of women on 2017 New Year’s Eve in Bengaluru. Thousands women stepped out to send out a message that they have an equal right to public spaces. Since then, the ‘I Will Go Out’ campaign has evolved. Now, women participating in the campaign do not just go out to protest and reclaim public spaces but also interact with men and try to understand what prompts them to attack, harass or rape.