According to the UN, one in three women face sexual violence sometime in their lives, and Ekaterina Romanovskaya is a survivor beating all odds.
In her words: “Sixteen years ago, in broad daylight on a busy street, an inconspicuous young man tried to strike up a conversation with me. I was proud and in a hurry, so the conversation didn’t work out so well for him. He turned out to be quite resourceful, so the second time around he didn’t waste any time on questions and pulled out a knife. He slit my throat, cut open my stomach, and wanted to conclude this process of getting to know me by putting the blade through my heart. But each time he tried, my ribs and other bones got in the way.
The likelihood of me surviving to ever see the light of day again was pretty low, mostly because I didn’t have enough hands. I was using one to stop the fountain of blood spurting out my neck, and grabbing at the knife with the other. I also had to make sure my insides weren’t spilling out of the gaping wound on my abdomen, but luckily my tight pants did the trick.
“Wouldn’t be writing this today if the neighbor hadn’t answered my cries for help.”
This woman went on to create the first ever panic button for women’s safety in the form of an inconspicuous ring. Anytime the woman wearing it feels threatened, she can press the button to have her security circles alerted.
The Nimb can be useful whether the wearer is caught in a natural disaster, an emergency health issue, or an attack.
The smart ring connects to a mobile app and tracks their location in real time and immediately alerts their family, friends and the concerned authority. Kathy co-envisions Nimb to provide a safer environment for people at potential risk- namely, students, late-night joggers, senior citizens and night commuters.
As she puts it, “To make the world a safer place. That’s one ambitious goal. Why I am taking the risk, you ask? Well, for one thing, because it’s beautiful.”
The ring has already met over 200% of its $50,000 on its Kickstarter campaign.
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