She programs for her: developing an app as an extra defense tool for women

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5753/wit.2020.11296

Abstract


This work addresses a multidisciplinary partnership action between computing and digital and women’s rights, involving OAB-AM and UFAM, through Cunhanta Digital project, for the development of a free and easy-to-use mobile phone application, to be one more form of defense for women in a situation of possible danger or even in real danger. The app SOS El@s sends an SMS message and other information to trusted contacts, as well as automatically opening a call to the police, using external buttons on the cell phone. A mixed team of developers was formed, with an emphasis on the participation of women but also with male students, from 03 undergraduate courses in Computing from UFAM. This action was challenging in many ways, but successful and the application in a Beta version is available for use.

Keywords: science and technology, application development, women in computing, women in STEAM, violence against women

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Published
2020-06-30
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DE FREITAS, Rosiane; SOUZA, Bruna Mariana ; MAGALHÃES, Juliana; CONCEIÇÃO, Júlia Luiza. She programs for her: developing an app as an extra defense tool for women. In: WOMEN IN INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (WIT), 14. , 2020, Cuiabá. Anais [...]. Porto Alegre: Sociedade Brasileira de Computação, 2020 . p. 209-213. ISSN 2763-8626. DOI: https://doi.org/10.5753/wit.2020.11296.