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SafeYOU is a mobile application and online platform designed to prevent and respond to gender-based violence (GBV). Developed in Armenia by the social enterprise Impact Innovations Institute (IMIN), SafeYOU provides women and girls with emergency alerts, support networks, and connections to legal and psychosocial services. The platform is free for users and incorporates AI-powered analytics to help authorities and NGOs monitor cases and inform policy.[1][2][3][4]

Safe YOU has been recognized by international organizations. It is listed as an official Digital Public Good by UNICEF and the Digital Public Goods Alliance[2] and in 2023 it won a World Summit Award (Inclusion & Empowerment) for the app’s innovation.[1] Its founder, Mariam Torosyan, was named a Cartier Women’s Initiative Fellow and placed among the top 3 impact entrepreneurs in Europe for the 2023 Fellowship[5] and later the Impact Award.[6] The app has been featured in UNDP and UNFPA reports, highlighting its use of technology to save lives.[7][8]

As of 2025, SafeYOU operates in multiple countries. It began with deployment in Georgia and Armenia during the COVID-19 pandemic,[7][9] expanded into Iraq (Kurdistan) with UNFPA support,[7][8] and later launched EU pilots in Romania and Poland.[10]

The app is available on Android and iOS, with an emphasis on privacy and accessibility for vulnerable users.[1][11][12][13]

History

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SafeYOU originated as a social entrepreneurship project by Mariam Torosyan, a human-rights lawyer in Armenia. Inspired by gender-based violence issues observed during a 2018 World Bank research project, Torosyan and an all-women team established Impact Innovations Institute (IMIN) in 2020 and developed the Safe YOU app as IMIN’s first product.[5]

The formal project began in 2019 and the app was launched later that year. SafeYOU was initially intended for use in Armenia; however, the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war delayed the Armenian rollout. Instead, the team first launched the app in neighboring Georgia with the help of the women’s rights NGO Union Sapari. By late 2020, over 20,000 Georgians were using SafeYOU.[9] The app later became available in Armenia as well.

Within months of its launch, Safe YOU’s emergency SOS function had already demonstrated life-saving impact. For example, a 2021 report describes a Georgian user who was able to alert police via the app and record an audio of her attacker, evidence that led to a conviction.[11] By 2022, UNDP reported the app had “more than 25,000 users” across three countries (Armenia, Georgia, Iraq) and 60,000 women had access to its platform.[7] A 2022 UN annual report similarly notes 60,000 women using Safe YOU in Armenia, Georgia and Iraq.[8] The platform continued to evolve with local partnerships (e.g. with the KRG Ministry of Interior and UNFPA in Iraq) and the addition of new languages and services.[14]

Recognition

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SafeYOU has received numerous awards and endorsements for its social impact:

Awards & Recognitions
Year Award / Recognition Issuer / Notes
2021 Digital Public Good Officially designated by UNICEF/DPG Alliance for open-source GBV app[2]
2022 Joint Innovation Challenge - Winner UNFPA, one of 10 global winners[15]
2022 Boost Women Innovators - Winner UNDP-led accelerator (Europe/Central Asia)[16]
2023 World Summit Award (Inclusion) Global UN-backed WSA contest (EU Young Innovators category)[1]
2023 Cartier Women’s Initiative - Finalist Top-3 regional finalist (Europe Social Impact)
2025 Cartier Women’s Initiative - Impact Awardee Cartier (2025 Impact Awards, former fellows)[17]

References

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  1. 1 2 3 4 "Safe YOU - Awardee". World Summit Awards. 2023. Retrieved 2026-05-02.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  2. 1 2 3 "SafeYOU on Digital Public Goods Alliance". Digital Public Goods Alliance. 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  3. ↑ "UNICEF and the Coalition to Stop Violence Against Women launch the updated version of SafeYOU mobile app". UNICEF. 6 December 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  4. ↑ "Safe YOU App: Armenian women use technology to tackle gender-based violence innovation". World Bank Blogs. Retrieved 2026-05-02.
  5. 1 2 "2023 Fellows". Cartier Women's Initiative. 2023. Retrieved 2026-05-02.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  6. ↑ "Cartier Women's Initiative Honors Mariam Torosyan with Impact Award". Asbarez. 2025-09-11.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  7. 1 2 3 4 "SafeYOU, an Armenian app, is taking on gender-based violence around the world". UNDP. December 9, 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  8. 1 2 3 "2022 UN Country Annual Results Report - Armenia" (PDF). UN Armenia. March 2023.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  9. 1 2 Martirosyan, Sona (2021-12-13). "Safe YOU: an application created by Armenian women to help women around the world". Jamnews. Retrieved 2026-05-02.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  10. ↑ "Technology that saves lives: Mobile app for survivors of gender-based violence expands to Romania and Poland with support of UNFPA and US Government". UNFPA. 16 January 2025.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  11. 1 2 Sargsyan, Gayane (13 December 2021). "Armenia: App Tackles Domestic Violence, One Tap at a Time | Institute for War and Peace Reporting". Institute for War & Peace Reporting. Retrieved 2026-05-02.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  12. ↑ Report, E. V. N. (2020-09-02). "Gender-Based Violence: How a New App Can Potentially Save Lives". EVN Report. Retrieved 2026-05-02.
  13. ↑ "A Guide for 'Safe YOU' mobile app stakeholders to Create GBV-related Digital Content and Safeguard Women and Adolescent Girls from GBV" (PDF). UN Women. November 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  14. ↑ "UNFPA, MOI KRI launch SafeYou App, helping women and girls in Kurdistan be protected from gender-based violence | United Nations in Iraq". iraq.un.org. Retrieved 2026-05-02.
  15. ↑ "Announcing the Winners of the Joint Innovation Challenge 2022". UNFPA. August 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  16. ↑ "Armenian Safe YOU app is winner of BOOST Women Innovators program". NEWS.am TECH - Innovations and science. Retrieved 2026-05-02.
  17. ↑ "First Woman from Armenia Receives Cartier Women's Initiative Award". The Armenian Mirror-Spectator. 2023-05-18.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
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