The project is a website which helps people discreetly report instances of sexual assault and any people,organizations or barriers which hinder the reporting of such matters by using the partisian blockchain and advocating for its wider adoption via technical support - People can report cases of abuse on the website and technical support can then incorporate that information via the partisian blockchain.

The problem is well suited globally and pinpoints to the underlying cause of continuing violence against those proportionally disregarded in affairs of abuse, of which women make up the biggest concern. The problem however is not limited to single instances of abuse, as those who report abuse in all its forms, in most parts of the world, are often at odds with public systems which fail to efficiently follow through on reports of assault and abuse in most cases.

Even if we were to take a fully and properly functioning system which can handle cases of abuse, there are also several secondary issues to consider as well ,such as, the financial dependency problem ,the problem of inflexible cultural norms,lack of training and education,i.e, the list is non exhaustive. Any reference to statistics on the matter point to a problem within a problem - women, girls, the lgbtqia+ community are afraid to go to the authorities in most cases of abuse. (and the definition here to describe afraid could be multi faceted)

Countries where one would think the system is supposed to function somewhat better than in other parts of the world are also not immune to bureaucratic inefficiency - the authorities are like us ,only human after all - Public officials are often ill trained, equipped,and funded to handle such situations and often it leads to a backlash on the officials themselves for taking action (think for example , a social worker having to take the children to a children's home due to a reported instance of abuse by the mother or father. This sensitive matter could lead to further instances of abuse and stigmatization against civil servants for merely doing their work.)

The solution proposed here is not merely a piece of code - but rather a policy and procedural change in the handeling of the report/complaint itself. Instances of abuse should rather be a better understanding of the information between all stakeholders involved in the process. The core principle of being heard without having to sacrifice one’s own safety ,and using the forefront of tech to help people in such precarious positions makes the partisian blockchain the perfect tool to find a solution in such circumstances.

Abuse in all its forms is a complex situation

It’s quite simple, an anonymous database via the use of blockchain tech to collect as much information on an instance of abuse, covers the first two major hurdles in almost all cases of abuse - lack of information and lack of privacy. By having a database and a proper subset of information, a discreet means of communicating that information could lead to a bank of knowledge which simply does not exist in most parts of the world.

The point of such a database is not to name and shame perpetrators (the project proposes the use of aliases rather than real names for several reasons such as these) but rather to use the advantage of blockchain tech to find new decentralised solutions of looking at the information via social relationships,legal documentation uploaded, images ,etc

So how could one start to go about developing such a piece of software or application?

The first step would be to ensure accessibility - Firstly to the partisian blockchain and secondly the website has to work on outdated and un updated browsers. This project proposes that users report the cases via a friendly app or website and that the information then is communicated to another point of contact/storage via the partisian blockchain by technically trained staff.

Low latency usage

This app obviously has to work on very limited data. For example, one has to consider that in a far rural part of the world ,users do not have freely accessible wifi and that purchased data has to be used sparingly. In a perfect world the app or website would be able to work on zero data .Probably a more reasonable approach would be a decentralized network of sorts such as a mesh network for example in cases where data cannot easily be accessed, although even this approach seems realistic only in urban areas and even so, the last thing a victim wants to think about is asking someone to help them with the technical aspects when trying to report something such as abuse. Another work around could be to store the data until the device accesses a working wifi or data network. This could work for smartphones but would need some proper old school hacking to work on previous generation devices.

Partisia Blockchain

Integration with the website itself is decoupled for three reasons. It allows a seamless transition from real life data to the partisia blockchain, it eases the technical usage for the user ,and it allows the info uploaded to be anonymised before it reaches the blockchain itself

Built With

• html
• java
• javascript
• partisia
• rust
• springboot
• web3