According to recent data from the Office for National Statistics, half of all women have felt unsafe on their own in the dark at some point.
Women take measures such as calling their friend, sharing their Whatsapp location, and other use other strategies to keep themselves safe.
Women across the United Kingdom have been turning to their own methods to feel better when they are out at night since sexual harassment against females has been in the news for much of this year.
Following the murders of Sarah Everard and Sabina Nessa, the WalkSafe app has experienced a surge in popularity, and it is now the UK’s fastest-growing safety application.
After being assaulted, groped, and flashed at during a flight to London, Emma Kaye came up with the idea.
This app will feature a new sat-nav function that will be available early next year, which will include a live map where your family and friends can follow your progress and talk to you in real time.
Its distinguishing feature at the moment is a map that shows residents how to get home in the safest way possible by consulting recent crime statistics.
The app was released in March this year and has over 560,000 downloads as of now. At the University of Bath, academics are attempting to tackle the problem of safety equipment that is hard to activate physically.
They’re designing a smartwatch app called Epowar that would send alerts if the user appears to be in danger – by monitoring heart rate and body movement.
E-J Roodt was running in a dark park when he thought of the idea for the app while worrying about being assaulted.
Although the sample is limited, the program employs artificial intelligence to identify distress and provides assistance if a person is assaulted while walking or jogging alone.
Rich Larsen, the inventor of the bSafe app for smartphones, thinks his technology may assist in bringing charges.
It has a voice-activated emergency signal. The camera then begins live-streaming video and audio to pre-selected contacts, and it also records whatever takes place.
In July, the British government announced a £5 million initiative to assist reduce the risk of women being assaulted in public locations at night. Technology initiatives were among the most successful bids.
Police in Bristol, for example, are using new equipment to see whether drinks have been tampered with while they’re being served at night clubs.
Cheshire police are working to expand existing call response technology in order to provide a fast visible and reassuring answer for a woman calling for help.
The West Yorkshire Combined Authority is working to provide women on public transportation with access to an online link with safety information, such as bus tracking, in order to reduce the need for them to stand alone at a bus stop.
