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Women's Safety Apps
Attributions Internet Democracy Project - An Initiative at Point of View (Click for link) +
Duration (hours) 1.5  +
Kind of learning session Gender and Tech  +
Learning objectives - To be able to critically assess whether
- To be able to critically assess whether applications meant to enhance women’s safety are useful, and identify shortcomings and challenges. - To learn to identify the different fields of information that are available about apps in the Play Store and on developers’ website, and to develop a sense of what those fields might indicate. - To be able to evaluate applications on their privacy policies, and develop a sense of what fields would will be empowering to a user
fields would will be empowering to a user  +
Number of facilitators involved 1  +
Prerequisites - Smart phones running Android and an Inte
- Smart phones running Android and an Internet connection. - Pre-printed pages of the applications from the Play Store. - The apps we most often use are VithU, Himmat, Nirbhaya: Be Fearless, Raksha, Eyewatch Women, My Safetipin, Damini and Pari - selected for the range of actors involved in their creation, and for the range of issues that emerge. You can find more apps used in India in this database, developed for our research. - Pre-printed set of guiding questions on (i) Features (ii) Data policies - Pen, paper
Features (ii) Data policies - Pen, paper  +
Technical needs Smart phones running Android and an Internet connection.  +
Theoretical and on line resources https://genderingsurveillance.internetdemocracy.in/safety_apps_howto/  +
Title of the tutorial Women’s safety apps  +
Tutorial category Discussion  +
Categories Tutorials
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