Crowdsourced data, as the name
suggests, is data pulled through the cooperation and support of the public,
without revealing the information of the person sharing the story or incidence.
Safe City is a platform that provide technological support to its partners who
work towards collecting data from the survivors of sexual or gender-based
violence.
Different techniques are used to
encourage people in coming forward and sharing their stories. One example is
the use of ‘talking boxes’. Boxes are placed in schools, where children are
free to write and drop a note or letter in the box. The data from these talking
boxes is entered into Sahas, which is
an app for the purpose of recording such information. This information is
analysed and knowledgeable people from the local community in question are
consulted about the issue in question, especially to see if it’s a growing
problem or just a one-off case.
In a recent issue logged by a
girl, she complained about not wanting to go to school because there would be
boys on the way who would put her against the wall and feel her body. The case
was studied by a woman representative of an NGO who was familiar to that
school’s district. The woman spoke to the local mosque’s imam/leader and
requested his help in dealing with these boys. After the Imam had a
conversation with the boys and explained to them how wrong it was in their
religion, the boys stopped doing that. This incident proved how technology
enabled to reduce sexual harassment. But it also proved the need to engage men
and boys in talks about gender-based violence.
Recently Harvey Davidson organized a bike tour
of male corporate leaders in South Africa, where these senior leaders went
around the community and talked about the issue of gender-based violence.
Today there is no other data set
like this in India, where many rape cases have taken global attention. World Bank
is interested in using this data for its future projects in India.
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