These women are reclaiming their rights by "doing nothing"

Brut India

A walk in the park might not seem like a big deal... but it is for most Indian women. And these girls are trying to change that. ️

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00:32We try to explore spaces that are considered

00:36taboo for women or too unsafe or dangerous for women

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00:48If there were more women outside then the city would be safer.

00:52Women need to come out more and do nothing, absolutely nothing.

00:56When will our cities actually start normalizing the sight of women

01:00in public spaces doing nothing, which has been normal for men for so many years.

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01:32We do a lot of midnight sessions where we start walking

01:36at 12 in the night and walk till about 3 or 4 in the morning.

01:40Sleeping in parks, cycling.

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01:48Where women always have to justify why

01:52they're out in a public space. It has to be for work or

01:56they have to buy vegetables or they're out with their family.

02:00It's not just about safety, it's about equal rights.

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02:08When we do midnight loiterings, they say that this is the first time that I've actually

02:12experienced what it's like to be in my city outside

02:16at midnight.

02:20And we've actually just turned around

02:24and greeted them and said like, Hi, what's your name?

02:28My name is this. And why are you following us? Why don't you walk

02:32with us? And probably we can have a conversation.

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02:48You know, if there were more women outside, then the city would be safer and we are like

02:52but if you're going to force the first 10 women who come

02:56out back into the house, then how will it ever become 200 women or

03:00500 women?

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03:08Women are more forthcoming and the women

03:12actually start participating almost immediately.

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