Safety tips for Women

In today’s unsafe world, when crimes and violence are on a rise, no one is protected or completely safe and secure. Threats to life have increased many folds. Women especially are the main victims of these types of threats when it comes to travelling alone in a public transportation or simply walking alone on a platform. Eve teasing, sexual harassment, rape, and other crimes reports have been increasing. They are even the main target for domestic violence. According to a statistical report of the United Nations, over 250,000 cases of male-female rape or attempted rape were recorded by police annually. According to another statistics, 1 out of every 4 women across the world is the victims of rape and sexual assault.

For this reason, measures for personal safety are a must if you want to remain protected from any kind of invisible threat. Women are very delicate creatures but when it comes to their personal safety, they need to get stronger. For the purpose of self defence, every woman should learn Judo and Karate. This makes the women more confident and builds up their strength and they can protect themselves from getting molested.

Vigilance is another key to protection. While travelling alone, women should be vigilant and make sure that nobody is eying them or following them. If they suspect anybody doing so, they should immediately get ready with their pepper spray. Pepper sprays are handy and are must for every woman. The use of these sprays has increased a lot in the recent times which clearly shows the vigilance of the women for personal safety. A pepper spray disorients the attacker and gives you enough time to run away to a safe place and call for a help. Personal alarms are also very helpful in confusing the assailant.

Another important thing to be kept in mind is that women should not roam alone in the secluded areas like subways or car parking. Also for jogging or morning walk, they should prefer the path where group of people can be seen around. If possible, they can carry pencils, scissors or even rolled newspapers which acts as good weapons against the attackers. Set the number of police at speed dial on your cell phone. If you are caught in any danger when you don’t have anything, scream at the top of your voice. This is the best and most effective measure of defence.