Development of Gesture-Based Women Safety Application

Women safety is of major concern. The crime rates against women are increasing at an alarming rate and thus it is important to ensure their safety whether at home or at the workplaces. Many necessaries measures have been taken to ensure women safety. Despite many measure taken to protect women, there are still high number of crimes against them. In this research, a mobile based application is proposed that will help user to reach the relevant authorities during emergency situations in real time. The mobile application provides users with the fastest and simplest way to contact the nearest authorities by doing a few gestures on their smartphone. This application sends SMS to the emergency contacts number that has been registered in the phone contact, track one's location in real-time via GPS monitoring which uses MapBox as its primary source. Programming language that is Java and Firebase for the database are the technologies chosen to develop this application This application also can trigger alert sound by constant shaking of the phone to alert public once the victims encounter possible attackers. These features are for both everyday safety and real emergencies, making it an ultimate tool for all. With this application, victim not only can alert people in close proximity of their situations but get immediate help and action to prevent unwanted incidents from happening.