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Safety, designed by adolescent girls.

Safety Studio is a collective of 26,000+ girls across Bihar, Jharkhand and West Bengal turning everyday risks into practical safety strategies. Start here, then watch their films on YouTube.

Girls in Bihar walking to school
Youth team in the Sundarbans on a boat
Students in Jharkhand in a study circle
Coming soon

Latest update

Safety Studio Update: Festival Season

Festivals bring crowds, travel and celebration, and new risks. This update looks at what to know and how to stay safe.

  • Street harassment
  • Assault
  • Child marriage

Safety Studio Specialists

Each series follows girls building expertise in one area of safety

Coming soonSkills & ConfidenceBeing Future ReadyGirls building the skills, confidence and plans that keep their futures open.
Mapping Monsoon Risks thumbnailClimate SafetyMapping Monsoon RisksGirls in the Sundarbans mapping monsoon routes to storm shelters and walking them together.
Coming soonSchool RetentionEvery Girl back in ClassFriends checking on every absent classmate and walking her back to school.
Negotiating an Education thumbnailMessage to ParentsNegotiating an EducationGirls making the case to their parents for finishing school.A letter Across States thumbnailPeer WellbeingA letter Across StatesAcross cities and villages, girls turn moments of isolation into a shared sense of belonging.The Youth Board's Promises thumbnailLeadershipThe Youth Board's PromisesBoard members making their pledges for girls safety, one strategy at a time.

From hesitant to leading

Drag the slider to see Annu's journey.

ThenAnnu barely spoke in class.

She worried she might say something wrong, so she stayed quiet.

NowPrime Minister of her school's Bal Sansad.

She brings missing classmates back to school and gets her Safety Studio studying together.

"I never thought I would ever be selected for this position. I was very happy." Annu, Class 10

How a Safety Studio works

A group of twenty or so girls, led by one of their own, meets every week to look at the risks in their lives and design their own ways through them.

  1. Observe

    Girls notice the risks around them and log them in a monthly Risk Calendar.

  2. Understand

    Together they talk through why a risk shows up and who it affects.

  3. Design

    They plan their own strategies, from travelling in groups to talking with families.

  4. Act

    They put plans into action and bring in schools, police and community leaders.

Risk Calendar : A year of risks, a year of plans

26000+ Safety Studio girls log their risks every month.
Tap a month to see their plans.

September
Girls flagFestival season and girls leaving school
Their planGirls walk into their local police station to plan safer festival routes

What girls tell us

girls in 1,300 Safety Studios across Bihar, Jharkhand and West Bengal
26,000
name friendship as a key way they keep each other safe
78%
say family support is their top reason to stay in school
69%
worry about child marriage
35%

From Safety Studio Risk Calendars, pilot data from about 10,000 girls.

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Monthly brief

Ground Dispatch

What girls across Bihar, Jharkhand and West Bengal are telling us, every month, straight from their Risk Calendars.