Cities should
feel like
home.
We are a movement demanding cities where women aren't told to be careful they are free to belong. Changing the narrative from safety to rightful ownership.
Ruchita Bansal
Founder & Urban Planner
"Fear should not be the cost women pay to move through their cities."
She’s putting women’s rights at the center of how Indian cities grow.
Ruchita Bansal is an urban planner and strategic advisor with over 15 years of experience shaping major transformation projects across India. Her work sits at the intersection of mobility, public space, and governance always pushing systems to recognise women’s realities.
She led the landmark redesign of Ayodhya’s heritage precincts and public realm, delivering safer movement, connective infrastructure, and accessible civic spaces. She has worked with city governments, public agencies, and international development institutions including the World Bank, GIZ, and Smart Cities Mission.
Through SheCity India, she is steering a national movement to centre women in how India imagines, designs, and governs its cities.
Our Mission
To centre gender in urban design and governance and drive practical, inclusive change rooted in lived realities.
Creating Change
Our 4 step framework
Tell Stories
Documenting lived experiences through stories, surveys, and digital mapping.
Shape Discourse
Bringing communities and decision makers together through podcasts and events.
Influence Systems
Using data tools like the Inclusive Public Space Index to audit and guide policy.
Transform Spaces
Physically redesigning public realms into safer, inclusive community hubs.
Our Core Values
Equity First
We center lived experiences of those historically left out of urban decision making.
Care is Infrastructure
Access to toilets, water, and rest spaces is as critical as roads and bridges.
Participation
We value community knowledge. Those who live the problem should be part of the solution.
Data with Dignity
Revealing gaps, not flattening experiences. Simple, contextual, and respectful tools.
Imagination as Power
We dare to imagine how cities could be. More colorful. More just. More caring.