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An application to protect women from domestic violence in the Gaza Strip .

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Women fearing reporting domestic violence against them in Gaza pushed a Palestinian computer engineer to develop an application that allow them to register with the service without revealing their names. The phone app by Alaa Huthut helps a growing number of women in Gaza seek help from fourteen Women's care Counseling institutions without going directly to the authorities .

Women's groups said the problem was exacerbated during the closure due to the Covid-19 Corona pandemic. The project manager at the Community Media Center, Kholoud Al-Sawalmeh, said nearly four hundred women downloaded the application; one hundred and seventy of them contacted centers that provide psychological and legal support.

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