My long walk across India for women's freedom | Srishti Bakshi

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🗓️ 10 May 2022

⏱️ 11 minutes

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There are 600 million women in India -- yet they are rarely seen outdoors after sunset because of safety concerns like harassment and catcalls. On a mission to create safer public spaces, women's rights advocate Srishti Bakshi talks about how she embarked on a 2,300-mile walk across the length of India (a distance equivalent to traveling from New York City to Los Angeles), conducting driving workshops to empower women's mobility across the country. "The more women see other women in public spaces, the more safe, independent and empowered each of us will be," Bakshi says.

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0:00.0	It's Ted Talks Daily, I'm Elise Hu.
0:06.4	Today, a movement that's spreading its message through movement.
0:11.4	In her 2021 Ted Women Talk, women's rights advocate Shrishti Bakshi shares the story
0:17.0	of the steps she took to advance independence and mobility for Indian women.
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0:58.2	After days of negotiation, for the very first time, my parents allowed me to step out,
1:03.8	unescorted, for a movie with my friends.
1:07.0	I was 14 and beyond excited with this new freedom I had.
1:12.4	With a big smile on my face, I ended up back theatre.
1:17.9	And just 10 steps from my seat, I felt these heavy hands grab both my breasts and before
1:24.5	I knew it, these hands disappeared.
1:27.7	I screamed and ran outside.
1:30.6	And I still remember those dirty handprints on my white, crisp cotton shirt announcing
1:36.6	to the world what had just happened.
1:39.2	I returned home devastated, kept the lights on all through the night and the outdoors
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