A smartphone app launched on Wednesday in the Indian capital Delhi aims to fight a rise in sexual assault cases by enabling women to immediately alert friends or family if they feel at risk.
The 'Fight Back' app created by Indian non-profit Whypoll will - at the press of a single key - send an SOS message via text message, email and Facebook.
Once the SOS is activated, recipients will be able to track the sender's location via GPS and come to her aid.
'I grew up in Delhi and it's always been an unsafe city. And it just keeps getting worse. As a woman, you just don't feel comfortable on the roads,' Whypoll co-founder Shweta Punj told AFP. Full story...
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The 'Fight Back' app created by Indian non-profit Whypoll will - at the press of a single key - send an SOS message via text message, email and Facebook.
Once the SOS is activated, recipients will be able to track the sender's location via GPS and come to her aid.
'I grew up in Delhi and it's always been an unsafe city. And it just keeps getting worse. As a woman, you just don't feel comfortable on the roads,' Whypoll co-founder Shweta Punj told AFP. Full story...
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