Women safety in the world is a big concern which has been a most important topic regarding women safety. Safety of women matters a lot whether at home, outside the home or working place.  Few crimes against women especially rape cases were very dread and fearful. Because of such crimes, women safety in the world has become a doubtful topic. Some of the most common crimes against women are rape, dowry deaths, sexual harassment at home or work place, kidnapping and abduction, cruelty by husband, relatives, assault on a woman, and sex trafficking.

Women are harassed not only in the night or evening but also in the day time at their home, working places, or other places like street, club, etc. It is found through the survey that the reason of sexual harassment is the lack of gender-friendly environment and improper functional infrastructure such as consumption of alcohol and drugs in open area, lack of adequate lighting, safe public toilets, sidewalks, lack of effective police service, lack of properly working helpline numbers, etc. A huge percentage of women have no faith that police can curb such harassment cases. There is an urgent need to understand and solve this problem of women safety so that they can also grow equally like men in their own country.

Here are few  things women do to stay safe(r):

1. Walk with our keys in hand in case we need to use them as a weapon

2. If followed by someone on foot, we stop and pretend to make a call or otherwise occupy ourselves to allow them to pass

3. Walk past our destination, particularly if it’s our home, if someone’s been trailing us

4. Scope out potential safe havens if someone appears to be following us

5.Change direction if a car appears to be following us while on foot

6. Run outdoors with only one earbud in to keep the other on to check on our surroundings

7. Pretend to listen to music while walking by men who attempt to engage with us

8. Take alternative routes to avoid areas we know we are likely to face harassment

9. Cross the street when we see men who look like they might be drunk

10. Avoid eye contact with men trying to get our attention

12. Avoid entering elevators occupied by only one other person who is a stranger

13. Text friend or family before going out for a run or on a date with a stranger

14. Decide not to open Facebook messages from unknown men, who could see it has been “read” and become hostile and harassing

15. Never open the door for someone we’re not expecting

16. Buy pepper spray: for the purse, for the car and one for the home.

17. Make sure we’re not the only woman on the bus

18. Making sure we have enough cell phone battery before leaving a place to last until we get to another

19. Wear a hoodie when driving late at night to appear male to other drivers

20. Check for an official city medallion number when entering a taxi

21. Never leave a drink unattended at a party