Utvei
An app for people living with domestic violence.
Domestic violence is one the biggest public health issues in Norway. 71% of violence occurs in people’s own homes. Domestic violence is both difficult and complex to reveal, especially because the majority of the violence is emotional abuse. The biggest challenge is first of all to uncover victims of domestic violence, then to break the cycle of abuse and then to redirect them to the correct place. From national research, we found that the most effective way to help the victims is by informing them on violence and give them a knowledge and tools to be able to recognize the domestic violence. Based on these insights, we developed a tool consisting of an informative part, a log and a chat feature. Our goal was to help the victims to better gain control of their own situation and to make it easier to contact the appropriate authorities and thereby making it easier to make choices with greater self-confidence and break the cycle of violence.