Building SangGati: A Space for Women, By Women
Building the SangGati Center, Lucknow to Empower Women and Improve Urban Mobility
What if streets could serve everyone safely? What if mobility was a shared solution, not a burden?
On 23rd and 25th December 2025, in Lucknow, over 30 young women from diverse backgrounds came together to reflect on and reimagine their everyday mobility challenges. These sessions, organised under Harit Safar by The Climate Agenda, were part of the ongoing engagements of the SangGati Center, a community-led space focused on nurturing women’s leadership while collectively addressing issues of safety, accessibility, and inclusion in urban mobility.
The first day created space for honest dialogue. Participants shared personal experiences, listened to one another, and reflected on insights from the SangGati Center in Mawaiya. These real-life examples helped ground the idea that community-led solutions are not just possible, they are powerful.
The second day brought energy and creativity into the process. Through an interactive Snakes and Ladders game, participants explored mobility issues in a simple yet engaging way. Ladders symbolized solutions like safer streets and better connectivity, while snakes represented barriers such as harassment, poor infrastructure, and unaffordable transport. This playful exercise made complex challenges easier to understand and discuss.
By the end of the sessions, something had shifted. Conversations turned into ideas, and ideas began shaping into action. A sense of ownership and trust had taken root.
The next steps are clear, forming a core community team, hosting regular dialogues, and mapping local mobility challenges to drive meaningful, people-centered solutions.
This initiative is not just about building a center. It is about building leaders from within the community.
Because when women come together to reimagine their streets, they don’t just navigate the city, they begin to transform it.
