January 20, 2017

Reclaiming Public Spaces #IWillGoOut

We conducted a tweet-a-thon today with Why Loiter on the theme "reclaiming public spaces". We received some very interesting responses adding to the ongoing #IWillGoOut movement. Things women are told: One woman was told not to walk in a park but being told to exercise in a gym instead. #IWillGoOut@samjourno123...

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We conducted a tweet-a-thon today with Why Loiter on the theme “reclaiming public spaces”. We received some very interesting responses adding to the ongoing #IWillGoOut movement.

Things women are told:

One woman was told not to walk in a park but being told to exercise in a gym instead. #IWillGoOut@samjourno123 @VarshaBhargavi https://t.co/LaRK7RPldQ

— Why Loiter? (@whyloiter) January 20, 2017

Also some girls were told it would reflect on family honour and this honour was in their hands.#IWillGoOut@INBreakthrough @KashmiriKudi

— Why Loiter? (@whyloiter) January 20, 2017

How women are institutionally denied access to public spaces:

The worst kind of institutional denial is to disabled women (and men) who simply cannot access some spaces@INBreakthrough #IWillGoOut

— Why Loiter? (@whyloiter) January 20, 2017

BIGGEST INSTITUTIONAL DENIAL: Most public toilets, section for women closes at night! #IWillGoOut@INBreakthrough @iwillgoout2017

— Why Loiter? (@whyloiter) January 20, 2017

@INBreakthrough @whyloiter @iwillgoout2017 curfews at hostels and even PGs for working women tell women where their place is. #IWillGoOut

— Bose (@Femme_Furious) January 20, 2017

Hostel curfews mean no theatre, late night cinema or walks in the city for women who live there#IWillGoOut@INBreakthrough @Femme_Furious

— Why Loiter? (@whyloiter) January 20, 2017

Also those cities that do not have viable public transport are enacting a form of violence against women.@INBreakthrough#IWillGoOut

— Why Loiter? (@whyloiter) January 20, 2017

Municipalities must be held accountable for providing infrastructure like transport, lighting and toilets.#IWillGoOut@INBreakthrough

— Why Loiter? (@whyloiter) January 20, 2017

@INBreakthrough @whyloiter @iwillgoout2017 There’s also the religious reasons for keeping women out of temples, dargas etc. #IWillGoOut

— Bose (@Femme_Furious) January 20, 2017

Some ways in which women’s mobility is restricted:

Also women are expected to report their movements, more so now that there are cell phones. #IWillGoOut@INBreakthrough @iwillgoout2017

— Why Loiter? (@whyloiter) January 20, 2017

Like so many are saying the notion that women are responsible for anything that happens to them outside the home.@INBreakthrough @povmumbai

— Why Loiter? (@whyloiter) January 20, 2017

And inside the home nobody will take responsibility for the violence women face.#IWillGoOut @samjourno123 @INBreakthrough @mizarcle

— Why Loiter? (@whyloiter) January 20, 2017

Why movements like #IWillGoOut are important:

@INBreakthrough @iwillgoout2017 @whyloiter Take back the spaces that are rightfully ours.Not budge.Not give in.We WILL go out. #IWillGoOut

— Bose (@Femme_Furious) January 20, 2017

Protests like #IWillGoOut make the point that there is a critical mass. This is important.@INBreakthrough @iwillgoout2017 @Femme_Furious

— Why Loiter? (@whyloiter) January 20, 2017

Also, simply for joy as pure as this:

@INBreakthrough I go out anyway. I like being out at night. The roads are empty and you can hear the silent night. #IWillGoOut

— Bose (@Femme_Furious) January 20, 2017

#IWillGoOut is a nationwide march on 21st Jan. The march across the country will assert that women have a right to be in a public space and that they will not let restrictions rooted in patriarchy bow them down. Here is a link to the national event page : https://www.facebook.com/events/1276189855784797/. Do join in!