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	'''Kalpana Viswanath''' is a social entrepreneur in India. She is the co-founder and CEO of [[Safetipin]], a social enterprise which uses technology and apps to collect data for the safe movement of women in urban spaces.<ref>{{~~Cite~~ web\|url=https://www.edexlive.com/happening/2020/feb/04/delhis-my-safetipin-app-is-telling-women-which-streets-are-unsafe-to-be-on-heres-how-10135.html\|title=Delhi's My Safetipin App is telling women which streets are unsafe to be on. Here's how\|website=The New Indian Express}}</ref> Viswanath is on the advisory board of UN Habitat, International Centre for the Prevention of Crime and SLOCAT. She was part of a study group with Delhi government to prepare a report on Women’s Safety in Delhi.<ref>{{~~Cite~~ web \| url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/cities/210-000-led-streetlights-in-city-within-four-months-kejriwal/story-PbqNOq8hdSMl9sfLLuwpTP.html \| title=210,000 LED streetlights in city within four months: Kejriwal\| date=30 December 2020}}</ref>		{{Short description\|Indian social entrepreneur}}
			'''Kalpana Viswanath''' is a social entrepreneur in India. She is the co-founder and CEO of [[Safetipin]], a social enterprise which uses technology and apps to collect data for the safe movement of women in urban spaces.<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.edexlive.com/happening/2020/feb/04/delhis-my-safetipin-app-is-telling-women-which-streets-are-unsafe-to-be-on-heres-how-10135.html\|title=Delhi's My Safetipin App is telling women which streets are unsafe to be on. Here's how\|website=The New Indian Express}}</ref> Viswanath is on the advisory board of UN Habitat, International Centre for the Prevention of Crime and SLOCAT. She was part of a study group with Delhi government to prepare a report on Women’s Safety in Delhi.<ref>{{cite web \| url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/cities/210-000-led-streetlights-in-city-within-four-months-kejriwal/story-PbqNOq8hdSMl9sfLLuwpTP.html \| title=210,000 LED streetlights in city within four months: Kejriwal\| date=30 December 2020}}</ref>

	== Career ==		== Career ==
	Viswanath studied sociology at the [[University of Delhi]]. Her PhD thesis was on ‘A Sociological Analysis of the Contemporary Women’s Movement in India’.		Viswanath studied sociology at the [[University of Delhi]]. Her PhD thesis was on ‘A Sociological Analysis of the Contemporary Women’s Movement in India’.

	Viswanath served as the director of Jagori Women’s Resource Centre from 2000 till 2007.<ref>https://www.researchgate.net/publication/~~262126990_~~'~~Shall_We_Go_out~~'_</ref> She worked on issues such as migration, trafficking of women workers and violence against women. She also worked with government and non-government stakeholders on the Safe Delhi campaign, which focused on violence against women in public spaces.<ref>{{~~Cite~~ web\|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/opinion/indian-women-lack-privilege-to-roam-around-city-spaces-gurugram-is-no-exception/story-tVV7TgPFxfd2HdqcfYrijL.html\|title=Indian women lack privilege to roam around city spaces, Gurugram is no exception\|date=June 28, 2018\|website=Hindustan Times}}</ref>		Viswanath served as the director of Jagori Women’s Resource Centre from 2000 till 2007.<ref>{{cite journal \|url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/262126990 \|jstor=4419521 \|title='Shall We Go out?' Women's Safety in Public Spaces in Delhi \|last1=Viswanath \|first1=Kalpana \|last2=Mehrotra \|first2=Surabhi Tandon \|journal=Economic and Political Weekly \|year=2007 \|volume=42 \|issue=17 \|pages=1542–1548 }}</ref> She worked on issues such as migration, trafficking of women workers and violence against women. She also worked with government and non-government stakeholders on the Safe Delhi campaign, which focused on violence against women in public spaces.<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/opinion/indian-women-lack-privilege-to-roam-around-city-spaces-gurugram-is-no-exception/story-tVV7TgPFxfd2HdqcfYrijL.html\|title=Indian women lack privilege to roam around city spaces, Gurugram is no exception\|date=June 28, 2018\|website=Hindustan Times}}</ref>

	Viswanath was a project director for the Gender Inclusive Cities Project with Women in Cities International. The research was carried out in Tanzania, Argentina, Russia and India from January 2009 to March 2012. She is the chair of the International Advisory Committee of Women in Cities International.<ref>{{~~Cite~~ web\|url=https://policy-practice.oxfam.org.uk/blog/author/kalpana-viswanath\|title=Kalpana Viswanath {{!}} Oxfam Policy & Practice\|website=Policy & Practice\|language=en\|access-date=2020-04-29}}</ref>		Viswanath was a project director for the Gender Inclusive Cities Project with Women in Cities International. The research was carried out in Tanzania, Argentina, Russia and India from January 2009 to March 2012. She is the chair of the International Advisory Committee of Women in Cities International.<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://policy-practice.oxfam.org.uk/blog/author/kalpana-viswanath\|title=Kalpana Viswanath {{!}} Oxfam Policy & Practice\|website=Policy & Practice\|language=en\|access-date=2020-04-29}}</ref>

	She has also worked as a senior advisor at [[UN-HABITAT\|UN Habitat]]. She created partnerships with government and other stakeholders in [[New Delhi]] for the programme on safer cities from April 2010 to September 2013.<ref>{{~~Cite~~ web \| url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/ncw-plans-to-rope-in-state-bodies-for-night-walks-celebrating-right-to-free-movement-of-women/articleshow/73740993.cms \|title = NCW plans to rope in state bodies for night walks 'celebrating' right to free movement of women \| India News - Times of India}}</ref><ref>{{~~Cite~~ web \| url=https://asiapacific.unwomen.org/en/news-and-events/stories/2019/03/take-five-the-idea-is-to-make-safety \|title = Take five: The idea is to make safety a collective enterprise that we all work towards improving}}</ref>		She has also worked as a senior advisor at [[UN-HABITAT\|UN Habitat]]. She created partnerships with government and other stakeholders in [[New Delhi]] for the programme on safer cities from April 2010 to September 2013.<ref>{{cite web \| url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/ncw-plans-to-rope-in-state-bodies-for-night-walks-celebrating-right-to-free-movement-of-women/articleshow/73740993.cms \|title = NCW plans to rope in state bodies for night walks 'celebrating' right to free movement of women \| India News - Times of India\|website = [[The Times of India]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web \| url=https://asiapacific.unwomen.org/en/news-and-events/stories/2019/03/take-five-the-idea-is-to-make-safety \|title = Take five: The idea is to make safety a collective enterprise that we all work towards improving}}</ref>

	In 2013, Viswanath co-founded Safetipin with Ashish Basu. Safetipin addresses the need to combat increasing violence against women and girls in public places, with its app. The platform has been used by individuals as well as urban stakeholders such as governments.<ref>http://www.safedelhi.in/sites/default/files/reports/WFS%20Articles%20_1.pdf.</ref> Safetipin has worked with various countries, researching and generating reports to make their cities safe<ref>{{~~Cite~~ web \| url=https://www.citiesalliance.org/newsroom/news/spotlight/award-winning-safetipin-continues-scale-activities-and-make-women-around \|title = Award-winning Safetipin Continues to Scale up Activities and Make Women Around the World Safer \| Cities Alliance}}</ref> for women.<ref>{{Cite news \| url=https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2018/dec/13/what-would-a-city-that-is-safe-for-women-look-like \|title = What would a city that is safe for women look like?\|newspaper = The Guardian\|date = 13 December 2018\|last1 = Fleming\|first1 = Amy}}</ref> <ref>{{~~Cite~~ web \| url=https://www.dw.com/en/in-latin-america-women-turn-to-apps-to-combat-sexual-violence/a-50664628 \|title = In Latin America, women turn to apps to combat sexual violence \| DW \| 05.10.2019}}</ref><ref>{{~~Cite~~ web \| url=https://www.nst.com.my/opinion/columnists/2018/03/342739/making-cities-safe-women \| title=Making cities safe for women \| New Straits Times}}</ref> Its work includes listing data on the presence of street lights and mapping unsafe routes and transport availability.<ref>{{~~Cite~~ web\|url=http://www.tarshi.net/inplainspeak/interview-kalpana-viswanath-safe-cities/\|title=Interview – Kalpana Viswanath\|date=2019-04-01\|website=In Plainspeak\|language=en-US\|access-date=2020-04-29}}</ref>		In 2013, Viswanath co-founded Safetipin with Ashish Basu. Safetipin addresses the need to combat increasing violence against women and girls in public places, with its app. The platform has been used by individuals as well as urban stakeholders such as governments.<ref>{{cite web \|url=http://www.safedelhi.in/sites/default/files/reports/WFS%20Articles%20_1.pdf \|title=Women, safety and the city \|publisher=Jagori \|via=safedelhi.in}}</ref> Safetipin has worked with various countries, researching and generating reports to make their cities safe<ref>{{cite web \| url=https://www.citiesalliance.org/newsroom/news/spotlight/award-winning-safetipin-continues-scale-activities-and-make-women-around \|title = Award-winning Safetipin Continues to Scale up Activities and Make Women Around the World Safer \| Cities Alliance}}</ref> for women.<ref>{{Cite news \| url=https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2018/dec/13/what-would-a-city-that-is-safe-for-women-look-like \|title = What would a city that is safe for women look like?\|newspaper = The Guardian\|date = 13 December 2018\|last1 = Fleming\|first1 = Amy}}</ref><ref>{{cite web \| url=https://www.dw.com/en/in-latin-america-women-turn-to-apps-to-combat-sexual-violence/a-50664628 \|title = In Latin America, women turn to apps to combat sexual violence \| DW \| 05.10.2019\|website = [[Deutsche Welle]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web \| url=https://www.nst.com.my/opinion/columnists/2018/03/342739/making-cities-safe-women \| title=Making cities safe for women \| New Straits Times\| date=8 March 2018}}</ref> Its work includes listing data on the presence of street lights and mapping unsafe routes and transport availability.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.tarshi.net/inplainspeak/interview-kalpana-viswanath-safe-cities/\|title=Interview – Kalpana Viswanath\|date=2019-04-01\|website=In Plainspeak\|language=en-US\|access-date=2020-04-29}}</ref>

	Viswanath writes columns for the ''[[Hindustan Times]]'',<ref>[https://www.hindustantimes.com/gurugram/stringent-steps-are-needed-to-curb-sexual-abuse-of-children/story-92LmkLsTyouVodTdv12HlL ~~Hindustan Times]~~{{dead link\|date=August 2021\|bot=medic}}{{cbignore\|bot=medic}}</ref><ref>~~html~~ https://www.hindustantimes.com/gurugram/convergence-of-civic-bodies-will-ensure-better-living/story-RwWmhZWeA1LGWHDxZNRYEK.html</ref><ref>{{~~Cite~~ web\|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/opinion/under-open-sky-column/story-fOkqR17UivV7GV4ysYgo4M.html\|title=Involve people in designing and planning public places\|date=July 26, 2018\|website=Hindustan Times}}</ref> [[The Wire (India)\|''The Wire'']],<ref>https://thewire.in/government/delhi-government-free-public-transport-women-safetyhtml</ref> and [[Mint (newspaper)\|''Mint'']].<ref>{{~~Cite~~ web\|url=https://www.livemint.com/Opinion/UUNMEQ75WPwhQzTHx5FJAN/Making-our-cities-safe-for-women.html\|title=Making our cities safe for women\|last=Dhar\|first=Kalpana Viswanath,Suneeta\|date=January 10, 2017\|website=Livemint}}</ref~~><br /~~>		Viswanath writes columns for the ''[[Hindustan Times]]'',<ref>https://www.hindustantimes.com/gurugram/stringent-steps-are-needed-to-curb-sexual-abuse-of-children/story-92LmkLsTyouVodTdv12HlL {{dead link\|date=August 2021\|bot=medic}}{{cbignore\|bot=medic}}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/gurugram/convergence-of-civic-bodies-will-ensure-better-living/story-RwWmhZWeA1LGWHDxZNRYEK.html \|title=Convergence of civic bodies will ensure better living \|publisher=Hindustan Times \|date= \|accessdate=2022-06-08}}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/opinion/under-open-sky-column/story-fOkqR17UivV7GV4ysYgo4M.html\|title=Involve people in designing and planning public places\|date=July 26, 2018\|website=Hindustan Times}}</ref> [[The Wire (India)\|''The Wire'']],<ref>https://thewire.in/government/delhi-government-free-public-transport-women-safetyhtml {{Dead link\|date=June 2022}}</ref> and [[Mint (newspaper)\|''Mint'']].<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.livemint.com/Opinion/UUNMEQ75WPwhQzTHx5FJAN/Making-our-cities-safe-for-women.html\|title=Making our cities safe for women\|last=Dhar\|first=Kalpana Viswanath,Suneeta\|date=January 10, 2017\|website=Livemint}}</ref>

	==Publications==		==Publications==

	* Viswanath, K., & Basu, A. (January 02, 2015). SafetiPin: an innovative mobile app to collect data on women's safety in Indian cities. ''Gender & Development, 23,'' 1, 45-60.		* Viswanath, K., & Basu, A. (January 2, 2015). SafetiPin: an innovative mobile app to collect data on women's safety in Indian cities. ''Gender & Development, 23,'' 1, 45-60.
	* Kalpana, V., & Surabhi, T. M. (April 28, 2007). 'Shall We Go out?' Women's Safety in Public Spaces in Delhi. ''Economic and Political Weekly, 42,'' 17, 1542-1548.		* Kalpana, V., & Surabhi, T. M. (April 28, 2007). 'Shall We Go out?' Women's Safety in Public Spaces in Delhi. ''Economic and Political Weekly, 42,'' 17, 1542-1548.

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'''Kalpana Viswanath''' is a social entrepreneur in India. She is the co-founder and CEO of [[Safetipin]], a social enterprise which uses technology and apps to collect data for the safe movement of women in urban spaces.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.edexlive.com/happening/2020/feb/04/delhis-my-safetipin-app-is-telling-women-which-streets-are-unsafe-to-be-on-heres-how-10135.html|title=Delhi's My Safetipin App is telling women which streets are unsafe to be on. Here's how|website=The New Indian Express}}</ref> Viswanath is on the advisory board of UN Habitat, International Centre for the Prevention of Crime and SLOCAT. She was part of a study group with Delhi government to prepare a report on Women’s Safety in Delhi.<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/cities/210-000-led-streetlights-in-city-within-four-months-kejriwal/story-PbqNOq8hdSMl9sfLLuwpTP.html | title=210,000 LED streetlights in city within four months: Kejriwal| date=30 December 2020}}</ref>

== Career ==
Viswanath studied sociology at the [[University of Delhi]]. Her PhD thesis was on ‘A Sociological Analysis of the Contemporary Women’s Movement in India’.

Viswanath served as the director of Jagori Women’s Resource Centre from 2000 till 2007.<ref>https://www.researchgate.net/publication/262126990_'Shall_We_Go_out'_</ref> She worked on issues such as migration, trafficking of women workers and violence against women. She also worked with government and non-government stakeholders on the Safe Delhi campaign, which focused on violence against women in public spaces.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/opinion/indian-women-lack-privilege-to-roam-around-city-spaces-gurugram-is-no-exception/story-tVV7TgPFxfd2HdqcfYrijL.html|title=Indian women lack privilege to roam around city spaces, Gurugram is no exception|date=June 28, 2018|website=Hindustan Times}}</ref>

Viswanath was a project director for the Gender Inclusive Cities Project with Women in Cities International. The research was carried out in Tanzania, Argentina, Russia and India from January 2009 to March 2012. She is the chair of the International Advisory Committee of Women in Cities International.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://policy-practice.oxfam.org.uk/blog/author/kalpana-viswanath|title=Kalpana Viswanath {{!}} Oxfam Policy & Practice|website=Policy & Practice|language=en|access-date=2020-04-29}}</ref>

She has also worked as a senior advisor at [[UN-HABITAT|UN Habitat]]. She created partnerships with government and other stakeholders in [[New Delhi]] for the programme on safer cities from April 2010 to September 2013.<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/ncw-plans-to-rope-in-state-bodies-for-night-walks-celebrating-right-to-free-movement-of-women/articleshow/73740993.cms |title = NCW plans to rope in state bodies for night walks 'celebrating' right to free movement of women | India News - Times of India}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web | url=https://asiapacific.unwomen.org/en/news-and-events/stories/2019/03/take-five-the-idea-is-to-make-safety |title = Take five: The idea is to make safety a collective enterprise that we all work towards improving}}</ref>

In 2013, Viswanath co-founded Safetipin with Ashish Basu. Safetipin addresses the need to combat increasing violence against women and girls in public places, with its app. The platform has been used by individuals as well as urban stakeholders such as governments.<ref>http://www.safedelhi.in/sites/default/files/reports/WFS%20Articles%20_1.pdf.</ref> Safetipin has worked with various countries, researching and generating reports to make their cities safe<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://www.citiesalliance.org/newsroom/news/spotlight/award-winning-safetipin-continues-scale-activities-and-make-women-around |title = Award-winning Safetipin Continues to Scale up Activities and Make Women Around the World Safer | Cities Alliance}}</ref> for women.<ref>{{Cite news | url=https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2018/dec/13/what-would-a-city-that-is-safe-for-women-look-like |title = What would a city that is safe for women look like?|newspaper = The Guardian|date = 13 December 2018|last1 = Fleming|first1 = Amy}}</ref> <ref>{{Cite web | url=https://www.dw.com/en/in-latin-america-women-turn-to-apps-to-combat-sexual-violence/a-50664628 |title = In Latin America, women turn to apps to combat sexual violence | DW | 05.10.2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web | url=https://www.nst.com.my/opinion/columnists/2018/03/342739/making-cities-safe-women | title=Making cities safe for women | New Straits Times}}</ref> Its work includes listing data on the presence of street lights and mapping unsafe routes and transport availability.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.tarshi.net/inplainspeak/interview-kalpana-viswanath-safe-cities/|title=Interview – Kalpana Viswanath|date=2019-04-01|website=In Plainspeak|language=en-US|access-date=2020-04-29}}</ref>

Viswanath writes columns for the ''[[Hindustan Times]]'',<ref>[https://www.hindustantimes.com/gurugram/stringent-steps-are-needed-to-curb-sexual-abuse-of-children/story-92LmkLsTyouVodTdv12HlL Hindustan Times]{{dead link|date=August 2021|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref><ref>html https://www.hindustantimes.com/gurugram/convergence-of-civic-bodies-will-ensure-better-living/story-RwWmhZWeA1LGWHDxZNRYEK.html</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/opinion/under-open-sky-column/story-fOkqR17UivV7GV4ysYgo4M.html|title=Involve people in designing and planning public places|date=July 26, 2018|website=Hindustan Times}}</ref> [[The Wire (India)|''The Wire'']],<ref>https://thewire.in/government/delhi-government-free-public-transport-women-safetyhtml</ref> and [[Mint (newspaper)|''Mint'']].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.livemint.com/Opinion/UUNMEQ75WPwhQzTHx5FJAN/Making-our-cities-safe-for-women.html|title=Making our cities safe for women|last=Dhar|first=Kalpana Viswanath,Suneeta|date=January 10, 2017|website=Livemint}}</ref><br />

==Publications==

* Viswanath, K., & Basu, A. (January 02, 2015). SafetiPin: an innovative mobile app to collect data on women's safety in Indian cities. ''Gender & Development, 23,'' 1, 45-60.
* Kalpana, V., & Surabhi, T. M. (April 28, 2007). 'Shall We Go out?' Women's Safety in Public Spaces in Delhi. ''Economic and Political Weekly, 42,'' 17, 1542-1548.

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