Gurgaon Girlcott takes off with play, slogans

GURGAON: Gurgaon Girlcott — a movement to urge women to keep away from splurging at restaurants, malls and salons to protest against rising crimes against the fairer sex, took off on Friday with a play, slogans and posters.
The movement, born as an idea on the popular social networking platform Facebook, targets a favourite weekend activity — shopping and splurging by women. The Girlcott has urged women to hold their purse strings tight during April 13-15, and stay away from shopping in malls, stores, salons, restaurants, or taking cabs — basically anywhere that requires them to spend money in Gurgaon.
“Our main aim is to motivate people so that various sections of society can make collective efforts to ensure the security of women,” said Richa Dube, the woman behind the movement.
However, campaigns such as theatre performance, slogans and posters would not be held on Saturday-Sunday, Dube said, adding that “We want to convey the message, and that we have done.”