Vodafone Idea, India’s biggest telecom operator has launched a mobile-based safety app for women in India. The app is called Vodafone Sakhi App and it aims at providing safety measures to women with their mobile phones. The app features emergency alerts, emergency balance, and private number recharge and much more. India is a country with over a billion mobile connections and almost half of our population is women.
But still less than 18% of mobile subscribers are women and that too they have access to only feature phones and basic mobile phones. The Vodafone Sakhi App helps to take a step ahead to drive inclusion and address real societal problems. The newly launched app for women is accessible to all women using the company’s prepaid service across the country.
The Vodafone Sakhi App will work for smartphones and feature phones even when they do not have balance or are in a location which does not have mobile internet connectivity. Vodafone Sakhi offers three main services to its users. The emergency alert option will allow them to send location alerts to ten pre-registered contacts in unfavorable situations. The emergency balance option free 10 minutes call in an emergency. Also, the private recharge feature will ensure the privacy of mobile number during recharges.
The Vodafone Sakhi App can be downloaded from the Google Play store and also the Apple app store. The app is launched especially for women. Badminton Star, Olympic Medalist, Padma Shri, and Arjuna award winner PV Sindhu launched the Vodafone Sakhi app for security service for women in India. She also initiated a special campaign for women’s empowerment.
Women safety has become a grave issue in the country. Addressing this grave issue, Vodafone Sakhi promises to take a small step to give women the confidence to step out fearlessly and pursue their dreams with a trusted solution at hand. The app is compatible with both smartphones and feature phones and it can be activated over a simple call.
The app is really unique and free of cost service and it promises to make it convenient for women to step out of their shells without any fear and fulfill their dreams and aspirations. The new mobile-based security app is a unique gift for women. The app has been made keeping in mind women’s safety. It is an emergency alert service which women can use during an emergency.
Once you have downloaded the app from Google Play store or the Apple App store, choose the browser of your choice and click on install to install the app. The best part of this app is that it does not need any balance or an internet connection. The Vodafone Sakhi app is actually a free service app which allows its user to conveniently recharge their mobile phones without sharing their mobile numbers with the retailers. The app promises to bridge the telecom needs of women in rural areas and addresses their obstacles to access mobile services at their own will.