Telangana launches ‘Stand With Her’ campaign, promotes women’s safety as a collective responsibility

Telangana's 'Stand With Her' campaign urges youth to champion women's safety, promoting collective responsibility and respect for all.

The Telangana government on Saturday (March 7, 2026) launched the ‘Stand With Her’ campaign, with Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy urging young people to become ambassadors for women’s safety and stressing that protecting women is a shared social responsibility.

The ‘Stand With Her’ initiative, launched by the Women Safety Wing of the Telangana Police, is a prevention-focused campaign that frames violence against women as a continuum, beginning with everyday acts of disrespect such as staring, sexist remarks, stalking, online harassment and groping, which can escalate into more severe forms of abuse.

The campaign seeks to shift the narrative from women being responsible for protecting themselves to recognising that women’s safety is a collective social duty. Its central message urges men to move from silence to intervention and visible leadership in challenging harassment.

Speaking at the launch event on ahead of International Women’s Day, the Chief Minister said the State government was committed to strengthening systems that protect women both online and offline. He said the Telangana police’s women safety wing operates in line with UNICEF guidelines and extended his greetings to women officers serving in the force.

Mr. Reddy said celebrating women’s achievements should not be limited to a single day. He noted that the Congress tradition has long provided women with leadership roles, citing Pratibha Patil, Indira Gandhi, Sonia Gandhi and Meira Kumar as examples of women who have held powerful positions in public life.

He added that while women are often described as symbols of strength, many still do not feel safe in society, which he said was deeply concerning. “That is why the Telangana government has expanded the role of protecting women not only in physical crimes but also in cyber crimes,” he said, noting that threats to women’s safety increasingly occur in digital spaces.