Development of Wearable Emergency Response System for Women

This paper presents a wearable emergency response system for women based on Internet of things (IoT) by considering the viewpoint of Bangladesh. Different type of sexual violence against women are happened all over the Bangladesh. Rape is the most common type of violence against women in recent days in our country. Rape is increasing rapidly. Victims of rape are not interested to file a legal complain against rapist, due to social barriers. Sometimes they feel shy and uncomfortable. In this regard a connected wearable device is introduced. This wearable device will established a communication among women with their family members, police station and nearby volunteer people. In extreme condition, a victim can able to make a help request directly to police station as well as nearby volunteer people (eager to help) and their family members by simply pressing a button of the proposed device. The conceptual design and implementation of the wearable device is discussed on this paper.