About Us | Panic GBVF
ABOUT PANIC GBVF

We exist because the minutes between a cry for help and help arriving are where lives are lost.

Panic GBVF is a South African private company. We build and run a community-powered emergency response network for gender-based violence — a panic app for women, a responder app for vetted organisations, and a command dashboard for the partners who coordinate them.

THE REALITY WE REFUSE TO ACCEPT

A national disaster, not a statistic

In South Africa, gender-based violence and femicide remain a declared national disaster. Lifetime prevalence studies show that one in three women experiences physical violence, and a woman is murdered every three hours.

In moments of acute danger, dialling emergency services or waiting for distant response teams often leaves a perilous time gap. Panic GBVF was born out of a single, non-negotiable imperative: to put real-time, community-powered protection directly into the hands of every woman.

Many women cannot or will not call traditional emergency services in the moment of danger — because of fear, because the attacker is in the room, or because they do not trust the response time. Existing panic apps mostly route to private armed response companies. We built the other thing: a free, women-only system that uses the mobility and presence of structures already in the street, under strict vetting and a full audit trail.

We are a private company because building this properly takes engineering, vetting infrastructure and round-the-clock operations — and those need to be funded, staffed and held to commercial standards. The app is free for women. Always.

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HOW THE PLATFORM WORKS TOGETHER

The narrative of the platform

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WHAT WE BELIEVE

Five principles we will not trade away

For her safety. By her community.
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THE ARC

Women create the vision. Families unite behind it. Communities support it. Technology enables it. Panic GBVF delivers protection.

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