The patriarchal and misogynistic culture of questioning women’s right to be in the public sphere needs to end. To combat this, #IWillGoOut Collective organised marches and several demonstrations on 21st January 2017 in over 30 cities and towns of India (viz. Bangalore, Mumbai, Pune, Delhi, Chennai, Hyderabad, Kolkata, Lucknow, Pondicherry, Ahmedabad, Silchar, Karimganj, Jaipur, Bhopal, Nagpur, Thrissur, Kangra, Trivandrum, Gurgaon, Ranchi, Goa, Chandigarh.) We were also being joined by individuals in Kashmir for an online campaign simultaneously.
#IWillGoOut is a collective of individuals and organisations across various cities in India that strongly denounces Violence Against Women and advocates for women’s right to be seen, heard and be in public spaces at any given time without question or fear. We are a movement of the people, for the people, by the people. The emphasis of our collective is to bring in as many diverse voices from across the country as possible. We are therefore in the process of reaching out to various organisations to join us in re-defining what “safe access” means to different people in different contexts. Our attempt is to unite across class, caste, religion, sexuality and all other categories that are used for dividing us, by tapping into the solidarity that exists across multiple struggles, in order to bring the change this country needs.
Crowds in hundreds gathered in about 30 cities and towns of India to say #IWillGoOut
1. Bengaluru
Image Credit: Ronald John
2. Delhi
Image Credit: Tarun Chawla
3. Mumbai
Image Credit: Rahul Vangani
4. Goa
Image Credit: Tania Devaiah
5. Pune
Image Credit: Alex Sunshine 2017
6. Gurugram
Image Credit: Divya, Bud Foundation
7. Silchar
Image Credit: Ashish Jain
8. Karimganj
Image Credit: Ashish Jain
9. Chandigarh
10. Srinagar
11. Dharamshala, Chamba, Kangra and Sirmor districts of Himachal Pradesh
Image Credit: Jagori Rural
12. Ahmedabad
Image Credit: Shamsher Singh
13. Hyderabad
Image Credit: Anki Reddy
14. Coimbatore
15. Jammu
16. Leh
17. Bhopal
Image Credit: Kokila Bhattacharya
18. Lucknow
Image Credit: Priyansh Tripathi
19. Chennai
Image Credit: Himadri Barman
20. Nagpur
Image Credit: Kritisha Jain
21. Thrissur
22. Ranchi
23. Trivandrum
Image Credit: Aleyamma Vijayan
24. Bastar
Editor’s note: more cities will be updated as and when we receive the pictures.
Also read: Official Statement By The #IWillGoOut Collective
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