Safe City Project

• N. Women will work closely with the Kerala State’s gender parks and provide technical assistance for the Safe City project and gender data hub.

ABOUT SAFE CITY PROJECT

• The Safe City project aims to create a safe, secure and empowering environment for women in public places, to enable them to pursue all opportunities without the threat of gender-based violence and/or harassment.
• It, further, aims to prevent and curb all forms of crimes against women and girl children in public places by providing safer urban infrastructure and efficient access to law enforcement agencies.
• It is a Centrally Sponsored Scheme and an initiative of Ministry of Home Affairs.
• The Empowered Committee under Nirbhaya fund has approved Safe City projects in 8 selected cities (Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, Chennai, Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Ahmedabad and Lucknow).