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Empowering Safety Technology for Women’s Solo Journeys: Insights from a Story Completion Study
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2023
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Gesellschaft für Informatik e.V.
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The growing trend of female solo travel has brought attention to the unique risks women face while travelling alone, such as sexual harassment and physical threats posed predominantly by men. Therefore this study explores how technology can be leveraged to improve solo women travellers’ physical safety. Through a series of workshops using the Story Completion method, 14 women with experience travelling alone shared experiences and ideas regarding concerns and chances of using safety technology. The results obtained through thematic analysis showed the need for devices that converge technological and non-technical assistance to address the threats women face when travelling alone, utilising authentication, location detection, and sensing technologies.