Suraksha Women Safety Device and Application

Abstract: India which seeks itself as a promising super power and an economic hub, is still trapped in the clutches of various patriarchal evils like molestations, dowry, crime against women, worst among all is Rape. The atrocities against the women can be now brought to an end with the help of a device called Suraksha. This paper explains the basic idea underlying suraksha which is to flash a warning giving an instant location of the distressed victim to the police so that the incident could be prevented and the culprit apprehended. This would help reduce crime against women. This paper also summarizes other significant works in this field and hence forth discussed Suraksha device in a greater detail.

Keywords: Women, Security, Emergency, Android application, GSM, GPS.