“I feel safe at home, close to my near and dear ones.” This is a common statement that every woman gives whenever asked for the place they find safe and secure. And it is an obvious reply as that feeling of protection may not go beyond your front door. Women consider their home as the most secured place to live because walking alone in the streets, both in the day or at night, have become scary for women. Personal security of women is an issue when they are on the go, at work, school, traveling and even at shopping.
According to the National Sexual Violence Resource Center, 91% of victims of rape and sexual assault in the U.S. are female. Furthermore, one in five women is raped during their lifetime. These shocking numbers point out a large, systemic problem that needs to be addressed from multiple perspectives.
Thanks to smartphones that has contributed a lot to make emergency response time faster. You can inform your family or friends about the emergency situation through a call or a message. Moreover, mobile phones with GPS feature can also help your loved ones to locate your exact location. So with these smartphones, there should be a great reduction in the number of women crimes. But unfortunately, statistics of women crimes tell a completely different story. It’s a valid assumption that if you are calling anyone from your smartphone during an emergency situation, the operator should locate your location because it is thought that GPS location is automatic, but it is not.
In an ideal scenario, you would make a call from your smartphone and the emergency responder would be able to locate your location. But even in 2016, that was far from becoming a reality. For the moment, this lag time is costing lives. When you are facing a life or death situation or you are in a complete terror, the idea of being able to concisely relay on your mobile phone location information is fading fast. There are even cases, where mobile network and internet connectivity errors were the causes why women victims weren’t able to alert their family.
According to the National Sexual Violence Resource Center, 91% of victims of rape and sexual assault in the U.S. are female. Furthermore, one in five women is raped during their lifetime. These shocking numbers point out a large, systemic problem that needs to be addressed from multiple perspectives.
Thanks to smartphones that has contributed a lot to make emergency response time faster. You can inform your family or friends about the emergency situation through a call or a message. Moreover, mobile phones with GPS feature can also help your loved ones to locate your exact location. So with these smartphones, there should be a great reduction in the number of women crimes. But unfortunately, statistics of women crimes tell a completely different story. It’s a valid assumption that if you are calling anyone from your smartphone during an emergency situation, the operator should locate your location because it is thought that GPS location is automatic, but it is not.
In an ideal scenario, you would make a call from your smartphone and the emergency responder would be able to locate your location. But even in 2016, that was far from becoming a reality. For the moment, this lag time is costing lives. When you are facing a life or death situation or you are in a complete terror, the idea of being able to concisely relay on your mobile phone location information is fading fast. There are even cases, where mobile network and internet connectivity errors were the causes why women victims weren’t able to alert their family.
Several tech companies seriously considered the safety issue of the women. They have also taken the responsibility of developing safety tools for personal safety of women. There is a need of a personal safety tool that can allow women quickly find some help during an emergency situation or something that can disorient a possible attacker. Several wearable safety devices have been introduced that can often camouflage into a woman’s outfit. These devices resemble women jewelry or blend well into a ring of keys. Let’s discuss some such safety alert devices that have been developed keeping women safety in mind.
- Safelet: Feel safe, connected, free and zen with Safelet. It is a smart bracelet that allows you instantaneously alert your family or friends, tells them that you need their help and also informs them about your location. You can build your own guardian network of family and friends and notify the network of your choice during some emergency situation with just a single click. With a GPS tracker in this device, you can let your network know where you are. There is a special sound recording feature in this device. Safelet will trigger your phone to start recording. You just need to install app on your smartphone and connect it with Safelet. Once you are connected, you need to define the level of your security, invite friends and family into your guardian network. During emergency situation, activate your Safelet by simultaneously pressing the two buttons located on both edges. Once activated, it will send a location alert and guidance on what to do.
- Stiletto Charms: Stiletto Security Charm is a personal security wearable that could help you in emergency situation by giving you a discreet way to call 911. It is a programmable stiletto which is embedded in a jewelry charm, giving the wearer an ability to reach out family, friends or 911 for help during some shady situation. Those who love to do things solo or travel late-night, these Stiletto charms are the best option to carry as they add an additional layer of insurance and security. It is a tiny undetectable device that has proprietary antenna design, 2-click & 3-click alert modes and high-sensitivity microphone.
- Roar (Athena): Athena has been designed to help save lives. You will get protection with just a single touch of a button. It’s time to give an extra edge of protection to your family members with Athena that instantly alerts you at the time of emergency. It has two modes: an alarm mode and a SilentROAR mode for different situations. You just need to add emergency contacts and link your device with your Android/iOS app. With GPS tracking feature, it will send the location to your emergency contacts on clicking the alert button. You can also send alert text message to family & friends. This device is light in weight, small in size and completely water resistant.
- Siren: It is a simple personal safety alarm that you can easily add to your keychain, just like any small keychain charm. It emits very strong sound to scare off any potential criminal. The sound is so loud that you need to keep it with care and don’t use it as a toy as it can create mayhem with its very loud voice. It can be used by teenagers, women and elderly during emergency situation. Sometimes there are some situations when you have to walk through an unsafe alley to make your way or you need to get your car parked in a low-lit parking area, then in such situations, these are best to use.
- Silent Beacon: Silent Beacon is an innovative personal protection solution that you can easily integrate into your life. It is an emergency alert beacon that sends quick emergency alert signals from your location to your loved ones or to the police. Apart from sending your real-time location to your emergency contacts, it also allows you to call your emergency contact, send multiple messages and email your contacts with your location. As its name indicates, silent beacon is silent in nature, which means on activating this beacon; it silently sends alert signals to your emergency contacts. The features that set silent beacon apart from other personal life alert systems are: two-way communication, non-emergency mode, dual audio modes, live tracking and water resistance. Install safety alert app into your device and connect your Bluetooth beacon with this app and it is ready to go!
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