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The invention of the world's first rape prevention method to end rape for women and girls who live in slums.
This heinous crime is still depriving tens of thousands of women of their future every year, but there are no effective methods in this world yet. With innovative and practical methods never seen before, we will save these women and girls and regain their will.
Challenge: In India, 28,046 women are victims of rape in 2020, which means that approximately 80 women get raped every day. An NCRB report says 99.1% of rape crimes go unreported, meaning the truth is much worse. Significantly, the number of reported rapes of low-caste women like Dalits has increased by 50% from 2014 to 2019, despite the gradual decline in the number of reported rapes. These women are exposed to dangerous situations with no physical means of protecting themselves, such as surveillance cameras, night lighting, or sturdy door locks. According to reports from the Delhi Police, more than 98% of the reported rape crimes were committed by someone acquainted with the victim, and most of them were committed indoors. There is an urgent need to develop methods to prevent and interrupt indoor rape to protect the physical and mental safety of women and children living in slums.
Solution: The CSD Method, a rape prevention method we have spent three years developing specifically for slums, will be installed in each slum in Delhi. This stands for "Community self-defense" and is an organized method of self-defense using a personal alarm, based on the concept of "Band together." This is designed to be as simple and affordable as possible to be implemented by anyone, anywhere, anytime. The CSD method consists of four simple steps.
1. Distribution: Gathered women living in the slums and distributed personal alarms to mothers in each household. We teach them how to use it and what the alarm sounds like and pledge that everyone who hears the alarm will rush to the scene.
2. Sound: The most common place for rape crimes is indoors. Place it in an obvious place in your house. Hold it in your hand as soon as you feel danger, and sound the alarm in case of emergency. The alarm can be taken out of the house at the mother's judgment when going out at night etc.
3. Unite: Everyone who hears the alarm will rush to the scene. Ideally, the offender should escape with only the alarm, but just in case, this is done to interrupt the crime. The greater the sense of unity, the harder it will be to commit crimes there, and the fewer crimes there will be.
4. Improvement: The person who rang it shares what happened, and everyone discusses where it should be placed and when it should be rung. Monthly review sessions are also held to share the updates and discuss best practices.
Cost break-up Total amount required: 3,10,000 INR
This heinous crime is still depriving tens of thousands of women of their future every year, but there are no effective methods in this world yet. With innovative and practical methods never seen before, we will save these women and girls and regain their will.
Challenge: In India, 28,046 women are victims of rape in 2020, which means that approximately 80 women get raped every day. An NCRB report says 99.1% of rape crimes go unreported, meaning the truth is much worse. Significantly, the number of reported rapes of low-caste women like Dalits has increased by 50% from 2014 to 2019, despite the gradual decline in the number of reported rapes. These women are exposed to dangerous situations with no physical means of protecting themselves, such as surveillance cameras, night lighting, or sturdy door locks. According to reports from the Delhi Police, more than 98% of the reported rape crimes were committed by someone acquainted with the victim, and most of them were committed indoors. There is an urgent need to develop methods to prevent and interrupt indoor rape to protect the physical and mental safety of women and children living in slums.
Solution: The CSD Method, a rape prevention method we have spent three years developing specifically for slums, will be installed in each slum in Delhi. This stands for "Community self-defense" and is an organized method of self-defense using a personal alarm, based on the concept of "Band together." This is designed to be as simple and affordable as possible to be implemented by anyone, anywhere, anytime. The CSD method consists of four simple steps.
1. Distribution: Gathered women living in the slums and distributed personal alarms to mothers in each household. We teach them how to use it and what the alarm sounds like and pledge that everyone who hears the alarm will rush to the scene.
2. Sound: The most common place for rape crimes is indoors. Place it in an obvious place in your house. Hold it in your hand as soon as you feel danger, and sound the alarm in case of emergency. The alarm can be taken out of the house at the mother's judgment when going out at night etc.
3. Unite: Everyone who hears the alarm will rush to the scene. Ideally, the offender should escape with only the alarm, but just in case, this is done to interrupt the crime. The greater the sense of unity, the harder it will be to commit crimes there, and the fewer crimes there will be.
4. Improvement: The person who rang it shares what happened, and everyone discusses where it should be placed and when it should be rung. Monthly review sessions are also held to share the updates and discuss best practices.
Cost break-up Total amount required: 3,10,000 INR
Total personal alarm bells required: 1000
(One personal alarm bell price: 310 INR)
100% Policy
Gawain has a Public Donation Policy. We will use 100% of your Public Donation only for project expenses to protect women from rape.We will not use a single penny to pay staff salaries, travel expenses, or other overhead costs. Operating expenses will be funded by grantees with great understanding, corporations, and major donors.
We don't want donors to wonder if their donations are being used for unintended purposes when they support our mission. We want people who support our mission to feel a sense of satisfaction in providing funds and a sense of contribution afterward by clarifying the usage and purpose of their funds. We consider our donors to be our comrades in the fight to eradicate rape and restore women's will in the world. We hope you feel the same great sense of contribution as the members who carry out the project in the field.
Join us. And together we can change the lives of women living in slums. If you can change one mother's life, you can change the world.
The market price was 780 rupees per alarm bell but with continue negotiations with the manufacturer from a CSR perspective in order to be able to purchase the product at a lower price, we managed to get it for rupees 310 per alarm bell. The project's impact and evaluation made this negotiation much easier as we continued to show effective results.
Any contribution will be of immense help. Do contribute and share this crowdfunding fundraiser link with your friends and family.
Any contribution will be of immense help. Do contribute and share this crowdfunding fundraiser link with your friends and family.
