Archive · 1 Oct 2026
Students Press PMO on Women’s Safety and Policy Reform
Nearly 100 students met in Delhi to discuss how to make women safer.
They worked with legal experts to write a set of requests for the government.
The requests will be sent to the Prime Minister’s Office.
Organizers want Parliament to hold a special session about women’s safety.
They also want governments to explain how safety money is being spent.
Students asked for more women police officers in public places.
They want certain acts, such as public flashing and masturbation, to be clearly treated as sexual harassment.
They also want better security at metro stations and women-only coaches.
If the government does not take concrete action within 10 days, organizers say they will begin a nationwide protest at Jantar Mantar.
Nearly 100 students, legal experts, and organizers met at a YMCA hostel in Delhi to draft women’s safety demands.
The resolution will be submitted to the Prime Minister’s Office, with organizers threatening a nationwide protest at Jantar Mantar if no action comes within 10 days.
Yogita Bhayana called for a special two-day parliamentary session focused on structural reforms and accountability.
Former IPS officer Yashovardhan Azad urged students to use RTI applications and called for a 90-day audit of women’s safety measures and budgets.
Students proposed stronger legal protections, more female police officers, improved metro monitoring, and recognition of healthy masculinity.
- Who
- Nearly 100 women students from Delhi University and other institutions, along with Yogita Bhayana, Yashovardhan Azad, legal experts, and mental health professional Geet.
- What
- They drafted a resolution containing demands for women’s safety, legal reform, budget accountability, and institutional protection.
- When
- The meeting took place on Thursday evening; the article was published on October 1, 2026. Organizers set a 10-day deadline for government action.
- Where
- At a YMCA hostel in Delhi; the proposed protest would be held at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi.
- Why
- To seek stronger accountability, legal reform, enforcement of safety measures, and action against sexual violence and unsafe public spaces.
- Organizers
- Yogita Bhayana, founder of PARI (People Against Rape in India), and former IPS officer Yashovardhan Azad
- Participants
- Nearly 100 students worked with legal experts
- Government recipient
- Prime Minister’s Office
- Action deadline
- Organizers said concrete action must be taken within 10 days
- Proposed protest
- A nationwide protest at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi
- Budget concern
- Azad said Rs 8,000 crore was announced under the Nirbhaya movement but around Rs 6,000 crore was released
- Proposed review
- A 90-day audit of women’s safety measures
- Student demands
- More female police officers, legal updates, improved metro monitoring, and accountability-focused reporting