Mobile App for the Elimination of Gender-Based Violence
Panic-button GBV reporting app; ~50 cases in week one, 13.6% drop 2022→2023.
- Prime Minister’s Office, Mauritius
- Public Sector
- Mauritius
Overview
WHO estimates that around a quarter of women experience violence from a partner at least once in their lives, and government estimates put the cost of domestic violence in Mauritius at about 0.5% of GDP. The PMO led a High-Level Committee for the Strategic Plan to Eliminate GBV. One initiative was a mobile app with a panic button, letting victims (including protection-order holders) quickly and discreetly report to Police, at home or work, with immediate intervention based on the alert’s GPS location. nVisionIT designed, developed and deployed the GBV app to all citizens and residents of Mauritius.
Outcomes & impact
Nearly 50 GBV cases were reported through the app in its first week, from around 500 downloads, each routed to Police with the alert’s GPS location. Official police statistics record a 13.6% decrease in reported cases between 2022 and 2023.