Addressing Gender-Based Violence with Purposeful Empathy Ft. ElsaMarie D’Silva Purposeful Empathy

Watch this episode to learn how a social impact leader is leveraging technology to combat sexual violence across the world. ElsaMarie D’Silva is the Founder of the Red Dot Foundation and creator of SafeCity, a technology platform that crowdsources personal experiences of sexual violence and abuse in public and private spaces globally. She also describes how people in power can raise awareness about sexual violence, and what it means to work with purpose. In this episode, Anita also reads an excerpt from her book, featuring a story about Elsa. 00:00 Introduction 00:21 About ElsaMarie D'Silva 02:20 Anita reads an excerpt about Elsa from her book Purposeful Empathy 05:27 Elsa reflects on her work’s original mission 06:43 The role empathy has played in Elsa’s life and work 07:31 How allies can use their privilege and relative power to address sexual violence 08:45 How #MeToo intersects with SafeCity 12:21 How Elsa practices self-empathy 14:03 Elsa’s thoughts about working with purpose 16:39 The technology behind SafeCity 19:15 How people and corporations can use SafeCity 21:36 Empathy’s place in solving global issues 22:47 ElsaMarie D’Silva’s Purposeful Empathy Story CONNECT WITH ELSAMARIE D’SILVA ✩ Twitter: @elsamariedsilva, @TheSafeCityApp ✩ Instagram: @elsamarie_ds @TheSafeCityApp ✩ Facebook: @elsa.dsilva @Safecity.in ✩ Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/elsadsilva/ / https://www.linkedin.com/company/safecity/ CONNECT WITH ANITA ✩ Email [email protected] ✩ Website https://www.anitanowak.com/ ✩ LinkedIn www.linkedin.com/in/anitanowak ✩ Instagram https://tinyurl.com/anitanowakinstagram ✩ Facebook Page https://tinyurl.com/PurposefulEmpathy... ✩ Facebook Group https://tinyurl.com/PurposefulEmpathy... ✩ Podcast Audio https://tinyurl.com/PurposefulEmpathy... Video edited by David Tsvariani