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Auroville Safety & Security Team (AVSST)

Auroville Safety and Security

On 19 January 2024, five of the six Aurovilian members of the Auroville Safety & Security Team (AVSST) received an email from the Budget Coordination Group (BCC) informing them that "BCC & FAMC are unable to support maintenance on your current positions.

The safety and boundary awareness programme

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Last October, YouthLink conducted a sexual harassment awareness campaign and recently followed up on that initiative by bringing together all the services within Auroville working on matters related to sexual harassment to create Safety & Boundaries Awareness (SBA).

Creating a safe environment for women

The challenges of Auroville’s Internal Complaints Committee (ICC) including chart

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Auroville’s composition of residents and visitors from a vast array of socio-cultural backgrounds presents a unique challenge for dealing with sexual harassment.

Healing sexual trauma

Paula Murphy

Understanding sexual trauma and the resources available within the Auroville community is the first step toward its prevention. Two health professionals agreed to share their professional and personal ideas on how sexual trauma can be addressed in Auroville.

Careless driving brings speed breakers back

The Auroville Council and the Auroville Safety and Security Team issued a public warning against careless driving which is on the rise since the speed breakers on Auroville roads were removed for the visit of the Prime Minister.

Return of the speed breaker

Since the removal of all speed breakers on Auroville roads for the visit of the Prime Minister, an increase in the speed of both 2 and 4 wheeler traffic has been observed, highlighting road safety concerns.

“If everyone says no, who will say yes?

Srijita

It was 1985, and I had gone with my mother to seek admission in the Ashram school. Parudi, the Registrar, looked at me and said, “Mother had said that after the age of 14 we do not admit students because their mental formations are already made.”

Shining a light on women’s health and safety issues

Poster used for the Human Rights in Childbirth Conference which was held in Mumbai from 2-5 February 2017

Auroville recently conducted its first women’s health survey. Lesley spoke to the survey’s convener, Paula, about the findings.