Safecity - crowdmapping sexual violence in public spaces

Our target outcomes:

We want women and girls to be able to share their stories of sexual violence anonymously.

They will benefit because these stories will be documented and made available in the public domain. 

We are creating a new data set which currently does not exist. Perception of the police's insensitivity as well as cultural backlash deters people from reporting. By representing the information thus collected on a map as hotspots, we are moving the focus away from the "victim" to the location and people can view the issue with a different lens.

How we will measure our progress:

• Outcome: 100000 people in India downloaded our app
  Measurement Plan: Track downloads in the app store
• Outcome: Safecity chapters in 5 countries other than India
  Measurement Plan: Case studies and focus group discussions including data on the app
• Outcome: New strategies for policy change
  Measurement Plan: Number of times that government or policy makers were engaged and ideas accepted.

The populations we will benefit initially:

• Adolescent
• Adult
• Female
• Urban
• Suburban

The regions we will benefit initially:

• Sub-Saharan Africa

The technologies we employ:

• Consumer-facing software (mobile applications, cloud services)

Why our solution is unique:

It is a unique way to address sexual violence. Also this information for social and cultural reasons do not make it to the official statistics. So in effect we are creating a new dataset which can be used my many different groups in different ways - by individuals to increase situational awareness and improve personal decision making, by communities for local solutions and institutional accountability.

Why our solution is human-centered:

It has its user as its centre. It is her story. She can learn from others and how they dealt with the situation. She does not "feel alone". By sharing stories, you build solidarity. By sharing, you create a dataset that can be used to drive accountability and find solutions by exposing the problem.

How people will access our solution:

Internet, mobile, offline.

Technology-Readiness Level:

http://safecity.in

http://maps.safecity.in

Our organization:

How we will sustain our team financially:

We plan to access government and corporate grants, private donations and generate revenue through consultancy, data analysis and visualisation.

The factors limiting our success:

There may be pushback from governments on this kind of data collection.

Individuals may be reluctant to share their stories as it is deeply painful.

How long we have been working on our solution:

How long it will take to develop a pilot:

How long it will take to scale beyond our pilot:

Our expected annual budget:

$150000

How much of our budget we've secured to date:

$75000

http://safecity.in/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Financials-2015.pdf

https://youtu.be/r3zgIQ9D5MQ

Our promotional materials:

https://twitter.com/pinthecreep

https://www.facebook.com/safecity.in

http://safecity.in

We're looking for partners in these fields:

• Technology Access
• Human+Machine
• Bias and Heuristics
• Behavioral / Mental Health
• Transportation

Why we're applying to Solve:

We have our mobile app that will be launched globally on 21 Sept 2017. We need help scaling the solution. We believe we have a solution that can be used successfully in different parts of the world and we would like to get it out there to as many people as possible, have them adopt it and get them to use the data for local change.

Our current partners:

Kenya - Polycom Development Project

Nepal - SEEW

India - Police in Mumbai, Delhi and Goa. Amnesty International, Point of View, SheThePeople, Action India