Hope’s AI powered technology makes it easy for women to connect with doctors, counselors or holistic wellness practitioners and helps them each step of the way. Through messenger, Hope befriends and subtly educates, empowers and supports victims of abuse.
What makes this solution different or transformative?
We understand how hard it is for victims to open up to friends and family. That's why we created Hope. Hope is an A.I. messenger bot that provides a safe and anonymous place for women who are victims of abuse to share their feelings and provide women with ongoing support. Hope helps women recognize what 'healthy' looks like, what healthy boundaries look like, and identify the signs of abuse. Hope provides women the courage and education to feel empowered: mind, body, and spirit. Hope envisions a world where abusers are held accountable. Hope envisions a world where gender-based violence receives the attention necessary to address it as a systemic issue. Hope intends to prevent abuse. Our Mission is to create pathways to security and long-term safety that support survivors of abuse and violence. The solution is transformative because it capitalizes on existing behavior and technology that integrates into people's current lifestyle.
We leverage A. I and machine learning by using natural language processing to understand each person's Situation and connect them to the right supportive resource and relevant information at their fingertips. https://news.stanford.edu/2017/09/25/scholars-discuss-mental-health-technology/
Finalist Tech for good
What problem I am solving? 81% of women who experienced rape, stalking, or physical violence by an intimate partner reported significant short- or long-term impacts such as post-traumatic stress disorder symptoms and injury. About 84% of victims are psychologically abused by their partners, half are physically abused, and one-third experiences sexual coercion. Many women and families return to their abusers (according to the National Domestic Violence Hotline, a woman will leave her abuser an average of seven times before leaving for good) because they don't have the means to survive independently. Women(& Men) fear to talk about abuse (#metoo campaign) No matter what age, status, color, they are struck by fear and controlled. However, what if they don't even know that they are being abused. 38% of college students say they don't know how to get help for themselves if they were a victim of dating abuse. Culture, Religion, ethnicity factor into staying. Shame. It's taboo for some to even talk about it! Today's technology has changed the dating culture. 43% of dating college women report experiencing violent and abusive dating behaviors, including physical, sexual, tech, verbal, or controlling abuse. Victims of digital abuse and harassment are two times as likely to be physically abused, 2.5 times as likely to be psychologically abused, and five times as likely to be sexually coerced.