Practical safety information

Prepare your phone before an emergency
Your phone can help you call for assistance, alert trusted contacts or share your location. These features are only useful

Pepper spray: useful tool, serious limitations
Pepper spray may give someone an opportunity to get away from an attacker. It is not a guarantee, and carrying

Using e-hailing and other transport services
An app may provide driver details, trip tracking and emergency features. These tools are useful, but they do not remove

Earphones while walking or running
Women are often told that wearing earphones makes them responsible for not noticing danger. It does not. An attacker is
Location sharing and tracking apps
Sharing your live location can help someone follow your journey or notice that you have stopped unexpectedly. It cannot tell

Personal alarms: when making noise may help
A personal alarm produces a loud sound intended to attract attention, startle someone or create an opportunity to move away.

Should you put your keys between your fingers?
YOU’VE HEARD Put your keys between your fingers when you walk to your car. If someone attacks you, you can

A safety product is not a safety plan
Pepper spray, a personal alarm or another safety device may provide an additional option during an emergency. Buying it is

Tell someone what they need to know
“Let me know when you’re home” is useful only when both people know when to expect the message and what

Build your local emergency response list
Do not wait for an emergency to find out who will respond Calling a national emergency number may be necessary,

After an attack: your first practical steps
What happened is not your fault. Your immediate priorities are getting to safety and receiving the care you need. There

Plan before you walk or run
Women should be able to walk and run without being told to stay home, find a man to accompany them

You do not have to remain polite
Women are often taught to avoid appearing rude, even when someone is making them uncomfortable. A stranger asks increasingly personal

What to do when you think you are being followed
You notice the same person behind you after several turns. A vehicle slows when you do. Someone keeps changing direction

Create a family or friend emergency plan
An emergency plan should answer one question: What must the people I trust do when I cannot explain what is

Arriving home safely
The few minutes spent stopping at a gate, waiting for it to open and getting inside can leave you distracted