Anti-Molestation: An IoT based Device for Women’s Self-Security System to Avoid Unlawful Activities

Now-a-days, the public, mostly women and children are facing much harassment from the societies. The unlawful activities against ladies and children have been increasing signifi-cantly, and regularly we find out about eve-teasing, sexual assault cases, and attempt to molest or even killing after rape in public places or open areas. Also, many cases had gone unwarranted due to short pieces of evidence. In Bangladesh, the current statistics of sexual assaults and various unlawful activities are proliferating. To acknowledge these problems, in this paper, we have designed an IoT-based (Internet of Things) embedded device that is able to communicate with the law enforcement agency by dialing “999” (An Emergency Telephone Number in Bangladesh) on demand. The device contains Arduino Pro-Mini Microcontroller with a GSM (Global System for Mobile communication) module and can send SMS (short message service) with the victim’s present area to the law enforcement agency and relatives via GPRS (General Packet Radio Services). The proposed device’s form factor is too tiny to carry out easily at anywhere and anytime. The device features the “Plug & Play” functionalities, which means one button to operate the entire device. Also, the device is cost-effective so that people of every level can afford it at a reasonable price.

@article{Hanif2020,
  title     = {Anti-Molestation: An IoT based Device for Women’s Self-Security System to Avoid Unlawful Activities},
  journal   = {International Journal of Advanced Computer Science and Applications},
  volume    = {11},
  number    = {11},
  year      = {2020},
  publisher = {The Science and Information Organization},
  author    = {Md. Imtiaz Hanif and Shakil Ahmed and Wahiduzzaman Akanda and Shohag Barman},
  doi       = {10.14569/IJACSA.2020.0111188},
  url       = {https://doi.org/10.14569/IJACSA.2020.0111188}
}