Safe YOU Mobile App Shields Women Against Domestic Violence

60% of Armenian women experienced domestic violence at least once, while 50% of men admit to having controlling behavior over their mates. In 2020 over 2,600 callouts in Armenia were domestic violence related, with most ending in warnings–compared to 84 reported GBV cases the previous year, according to anreport. As in all patriarchal societies, high instances of GBV are tolerated, and legal systems are usually lenient of male’s aggressive behaviors.

The Safe YOU team is collaborating with local stakeholders including over 15 women’s rights support NGOs, shelters, Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs, and the Human Rights defender of the Republic of Armenia. The app offers a list of up-to-date, consolidated, and mapped information of women’s support organizations, shelters and state authorities. Most women’s shelters and services across Armenia, however, don’t operate on a 24/7 basis.

“Our vision for the future of Safe YOU is to enable real-time statistics and data analysis to help optimize solutions to tackle GBV with mapping of cases, analysis of information availability and accuracy in different communities of women,” explains Torosyan who hopes that the provision of the data will also be effective for policy makers, international and local stakeholders.

Investing in women’s economic empowerment paves a direct path towards gender equality, poverty reduction, and inclusive economic growth, says Torosyan. The Free YOU app’s functionalities will provide women and girls with a wide range of resources from education and childcare resources to economic support and activities to job opportunities.

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