PROTEGIDA is a mobile application that enables women to report incidents of gender-based violence to monitoring centers through a user-friendly interface, providing features such as emergency notifications, real-time location tracking, and anonymous reporting. The platform enhances personal safety by facilitating immediate assistance and community awareness of dangerous areas, thereby addressing the critical issue of gender violence.
Funding
Funding not disclosed
Founders
Product
Problem
Women face significant risks of gender-based violence and insecurity, often lacking immediate access to help when in danger. Traditional methods of reporting incidents may be slow or inaccessible, hindering timely intervention and support.
Solution
PROTEGIDA is a mobile safety application designed to empower women by providing tools for violence and insecurity prevention. The app allows users to send emergency notifications to monitoring centers staffed with trained operators available 24/7. It offers features such as real-time location tracking, multimedia reporting (photo, audio, video, and text), and discreet activation options for use when the victim is with the aggressor. PROTEGIDA also fosters community safety by enabling users to report dangerous locations anonymously, creating a real-time map of potential hazards.
Target Audience
The primary target audience is women seeking to enhance their personal safety and security, as well as organizations and communities focused on preventing gender-based violence.
Features
- S.O.S. button: Sends panic alerts with location and multimedia reports to monitoring centers.
- Assistance button: Requests help and support from the service center.
- "Join Me" feature: Virtual guardian that supervises arrival at a declared destination, sending an SOS if the user fails to check in.
- "Arrive Well" notification: Sends notifications to contacts upon arrival at a destination.
- "My Group" function: Allows coordinators to locate users in real time and view location history.
- Virtual geo-fences: Enables coordinators to create virtual boundaries and receive notifications when users enter or exit these areas.
- Discreet use shortcuts: Includes ambient audio activation, app hiding, dual camera activation, quick access widget, side panic button, forced touch SOS, and access code.
- My Environment Map: Allows users to report and view dangerous locations anonymously.
- Bluetooth button compatibility: Connects to a Bluetooth button for easy emergency activation.