Across the world millions of women and girls face discrimination and worse because of their gender. On this edition of People Fixing The World we look at projects designed to change attitudes. In India we visit workshops aimed at recruiting younger men as allies in the fight against sexism and gender inequality. And we speak to the founder of Chalk Back, a street art initiative that encourages women to write sexist remarks they’ve been the target of onto pavements in chalk to highlight the problem of street harassment. Presenter: Myra Anubi Reporter: Chhavi Sachdev Series Producer: Jon Bithrey Editor: Tom Bigwood Sound mix: Hal Haines
People fixing.
People Fixing the world.
Welcome to People Fixing the World from the BBC World Service.
I'm Mayra Anubi and every week I take you on a journey to discover some of the wonderful things that are making our world a better place.
Today we're looking at ideas that are trying to tackle one of the biggest issues we face in society.
Sexism.
And specifically sexism towards women and girls.
We'll find out how one project is getting men to become part of the solution and find out how chalk.
Yes, chalk is helping women speak up about harassment.
Sexism is discrimination, prejudice or stereotyping based on one's gender.
Now the UN believes that 736 million women around the world have experienced some form of physical or sexual abuse that's linked to sexism.
And when this happens, those affected end up having depression, living in fear, having health complications, and in extreme cases, women lose their lives.
According to the National Crime Records Bureau of India, every 20 minutes a woman is sexually violated.
And those are just the cases that have been reported.
I wanted to understand more about this issue, so I've got our reporter in Mumbai, Chavi Sajdav on the line.
Hi Chavi.
Hi, Myra.
It's a really big issue because it's systemic.
Indian society has always been very male dominated.
Women in many, many places are treated as second class, whether that's at work or in the social sphere and even in their own homes.