PAVE 002: Shruti Kapoor; educating, equip and empowering women and girls against all forms of violence
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Shruti Kapoor is a speaker for UN women and the founder of Sayfty. Sayty is an organisation that educates, equips and empowers women and girls against all forms of violence by training young women and girls in self-defence. For listeners without an Apple product with the “podcast” app, please visit: https://soundcloud.com/user-476654029/pave-podcast-shruti-kapoor-episode-02 to listen to the episode. Topics discussed and organisations/events mentioned in this episode: Why Shruti Kapoor founded Sayfty and how she became involved with UN women New Delhi gang rape UN youth network for gender equality Commission on the Status of Women youth (see link below) Youth agency UN women How do you change age old beliefs and stereotypes A moment that changed how Shruti looks at things Breaking a brick with bare hands by changing your mental attitude Restricting ourselves by our limiting beliefs People extraordinaire, where inspiring women are interviewed The quote that helps Shruti to keep going More about Sayfty Sayfty’s website: http://sayfty.com Speak our Stories: http://sayfty.com/empower/speak-our-stories/ Volunteer Page: http://sayfty.com/about-us/volunteer/ Facebook:    www.facebook.com/sayfty Twitter: Twitter.com/sayftycom Instagram: instagram.com/sayfty More about Shruti https://twitter.com/kapoors_s Youth CSW61 Online Consultation link (open for youth aged 18 – 35yrs): https://www.empowerwomen.org/en/community/discussions/2017/02/have-your-say-csw61-youth More about PAVE www.aliannelooijenga.com/about/pave Twitter.com/pave_podcast Sponsors If you want to be a guest on the PAVE podcast, a volunteer working for […]
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