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Women's safety nowadays has become a concern not only for women but the society. The increase in crime rates against women in terms of mental and sexual abuse, rape, robbery, and domestic violence increases their fear of becoming victims to such crimes as they move through workplaces, homes, and streets at their own risk. The situation affected their freedom of mobility, reduces them to participate in activities involving society due to such fear. Negatively, this will impact on their health and well-being. Based on data reported by Malaysia Royal Police (RMP) in 2021, about 11,914 cases of sexual harassment involving women were recorded from 2018 to 2021. Thus, a huge measure must be taken to overcome this problem. This paper represents an android based mobile application named “Women Safety” that can help women facing such circumstances so that they will feel safe while traveling around. This application uses Geolocation method to get the latitude and longitude of the victim’s current location. The Short-Message-Service (SMS) will be sent automatically to all selected victims’ contact numbers. It also provides safety features such as SOS alarm to alert the public of any misbehavior, a list of helpline numbers that victims can directly contact for an emergency. The functionality test has been done to verify whether the app is working as intended. Results show that it can be used to facilitate the user without any problems.
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