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Five Safety apps for Women!

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Five Safety apps for Women!

An important reminder about how women are, still in this day and age, being subjected to violence, domestic abuse and rape. The countless rape cases reported in recent years by the international media and the reactions of politicians, police authorities, victims, offenders, as well as the people who read these stories speak volume about where we stand in the issue of personal safety for women. At times, women seem to be on their own when it comes to fighting against rape.

Thankfully though, there are a lot of personal safety apps developed to help tackle this issue. We have here a list of 10 apps built with personal safety for women in mind, made for Android. Most of these apps are free; a few have paid premium features that may help save a life. In any case, having these apps on a phone may be more important and helpful than having any other game of the week.

Safetipins:

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The tagline for Safetipins says “Set it, Forget it, Stay safe”. A quirkily perfect name for the application that is for women security. This application has a series of four apps of them which includes – My Safetipin, Safetipin Classic, Safetipin Track, Safetipin Nite keeping in mind the various elements of women safety. It’s an app to identify the safety zones of the city.

Bsafe:-

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Have you ever felt unsafe when walking alone at night, or jogging on a running trail? Have you ever needed an excuse to get out of a bad date or long meeting, or simply been looking for an easier way to hook up with your closest friends? Have you ever worried about how you actually would get help in case of an emergency?

bSafe is a personal safety app designed to keep you and your friends safer 24/7. It’s packed with features for both everyday safety and real emergencies, making it the ultimate safety tool for you and everyone you love. bSafe puts safety in YOUR hand – for FREE! Set up your own personal social safety network today.

HIMMAT:-

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This is a free application highly recommended for women in Delhi launched by Delhi Police.
User needs to register at Delhi Police website. After successful registration, user gets registration key(OTP) which needs to be entered to complete application configuration. As soon as the user of Himmat app raises the SOS alert from the Himmat App, the location information and audio-video is transmitted to Delhi Police control room. Delhi Police can then immediately send the nearest Police help to the victim.

Nirbhaya: Be Fearless:-

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This is an android emergency application, which can send a distress call or emergency message to a specified contact or group in an emergency situation faced by a woman or any other individual in general. Correct Location, Information and Communication, with and from the app is dependent upon the basic hardware/software requirements, like- Active Data plan, SMS plan, minimum talk time and active GPS functionality.

Vith U:-

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VithU, is an emergency App that, at the click of the power button of your smartphone 2 times consecutively begins sending out alert messages every 2 minutes to your contacts that you feed into the app as the designated receivers or guardians.

The message says “I am in danger. I need help. Please follow my location.”The receiver will receive a link to your location every 2 minutes giving them your updated location. Also, you will get updates on the Crime Scene in India and a “Tips Feed” option exclusively giving you safety tips in an emergency situation.

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