Shruti Sharada (she/her/hers)

I was invited by the Women's Empowerment Desk (WED) of the Social and Resource Development Fund (SARD) to facilitate a Gender Sensitisation Workshop for 35 Tibetan students based in south India. Based in Dharamshala, Himachal Pradesh, SARD is a non-profit organisation that functions under the Department of Finance of the Central Tibetan Administration (CTA). It helps mobilise resources and support development efforts of #Tibetans living in South Asia.

Kriti, Aman, Apoorva, and Shruti catch up with each other via a totally random live on Instagram.

Abuse and Harassment in Cyber Space: Beyond the Perceived Notions of Mainstream

Here is the link to both the Panel discussions:

Panel 1: https://buff.ly/3k8000y

Panel 2: https://buff.ly/38lWkpj

'Orientation on Gender Sensitization' by Bishop Heber College, Trichy

Fifth Instagram Live | Abuse and Harassment in Cyber Space: Beyond the Perceived Notions of Mainstream

Catch Tannvi from The Cyber Blog India team in conversation with Shruti Sharada (she/her/hers) at 5 PM on April 02, 2022, on Instagram Live.

About Shruti:

Shruti Sharada is a queer feminist writer, strategist, and gender-based violence activist based in Bengaluru. She is a former journalist and community media-person, and advocates passionately for mental health awareness and disability inclusion. Her piece titled 'The Sexual Violence Of Flashing, And The Problem With Saying, “It Could H

A virtual class organised by Delhi Public School Bangalore South on Gender-based Violence, Queer Rights, and Youth-led Activism

Part of the 2-day National Seminar on 'Identification of Abusive Relationships and Prevention of Domestic Violence' at the St. Pauls College, Bengaluru. The panel was held on International Women's Day, March 8, 2022.

What a pleasure to start #16DaysOfActivism 2021 with a training session for these incredible young women from around India.

Held as part of the 10-day 'National Young Women Leadership Programme' by Student Christian Movement of India, we covered the basics of #GBV today, with an emphasis on conditioning, #gender roles, family violence, and #bystander responsibilities.

Join us on Twitter @TheSafecityApp for a tweetchat on "Mental Health at the Workplace" on 1st October 2021 at 9 pm IST/11:30 am EST curated by Shruti Sharada (@shrewnumb)

#MentalHealthAwareness

A Tweetchat on indecent exposure and the mental health toll of street harassment.

This edition of At The Intersection featured Apoorva of Queer Womxn Collective India and Shruti Sharada of The Feminist Reading List. Both of them use She/Her pronouns.
The discussion touched on the importance and challenges of building safe spaces for #queer persons. In the COVID era, the loss of safe queer spaces has hit the community hard, and bringing folx together on virtual platforms has become an effort in compassion, sharing, problem-solving, and surviving.

Judge at Themis in the Attic under Confabium from Mithibai College of Arts Chauhan Institute of Science & Amrutben Jivanlal College of Commerce and Economics (MCA CISAJCCE), Mumbai

Congratulations on winning the National Laadli Media and Advertising Award for Gender Sensitivity 2020 for report on sexual violence of flashing & how it isn’t discussed on #laadli #LMA2020

Head over to our YouTube channel to watch the live streaming of event.
The Orange Flower, 2021 - Starts at 5.
https://youtu.be/Hf0Puj3k2rU

Winning article: https://shespeaksworldywca.org/all-my-anxieties/

'Beyond the Cistem' has been imagined as a gathering space where a safe queer network, as well as an informed and respectful allyship zone can be fostered. In a world of stark divisions, we are trying to forge a network of persons who believe in building bridges and in learning how to fight for a world where heteronormativity and 'cis'-dom are not the default conditions for social acceptance.