Guardian Angel

Nearly 1 in 5 women or nearly 22 million have been raped in their lifetimes based on US National study done. 80% raped before 25. More than 90% is by someone they know. ‘A woman who’s attacked by someone on the road at least shouts for help but when a sexual assault comes from someone she knows and trusts, she’s taken aback’ Dr Shaibya Saldanha, co-founder, Enfold Trust. 

We need to create a simple intervention in seconds that would help women disrupt the chain of events and call for help as soon as possible to prevent the rape from happening. 

We created The Guardian Angel. Worn as an accessible accessory, it is a device which allows women to trigger her mobile phone via low-energy bluetooth technology to ring during uncomfortable moments, so she may have an excuse to get out of. And if her perpetrator persists, she can hold the button for 3 seconds to send an SOS via SMS to a designated number such as her parents or best friend to notify them that she is in danger. The SMS also provides coordinates of her location and provides a link to the Google Map location.