New app for women in danger launched

(ANSA) - Naples, March 27 - A new app for women in danger developed by Federfarma pharmacists' association has been launched in Naples, sources said Friday.
    The app is designed to allow users to quickly report violence against women or to learn more about how to seek protection.
    It features an image of a woman with a bruised face and a hand covering her mouth, and it enables a rapid connection to emergency numbers 112 and 1522, a 24-hour free number set up in 2006 by the Italian Equal Opportunities Department.
    It also allows users to locate the nearest anti-violence centre and consult laws on murder, stalking, and rape.
    To make it as accessible as possible the app comes in 11 languages including Arabic, Chinese, Romanian, Slovenian, and Ukrainian. The pilot project is intended for national roll-out across all the pharmacies in Italy, Federfarma said.
    In Italy, as many as 6.7 million women aged 16-70 - or 31.9% of the female population - report being subjected to physical or sexual violence at least once in their lives.