Omdena Spell - Using AI to Combat Sexual Harassment

At A Glance: Omdena and Spell collaborate with 30 global AI practitioners in a global challenge to harness the power of machine learning to pioneer new approaches to combatting sexual harassment. Sexual harassment is a severe and ongoing problem that plagues communities worldwide today. The issue particularly rampant in India, where thousands of harassment cases are reported each year. Policymakers have been working to create solutions, yet despite efforts to curb offenders and bring justice to victims, there has been little progress in shifting culture on a societal level, perpetuating a society where women must grapple with fear for their safety in public spaces. Recently, Safecity India, an award-winning NGO with the world's most comprehensive database on sexual harassment cases, hosted an Omdena challenge in effort to bring communities together and create an innovative product to fix the problem.