Personal safety is an important issue for everyone, but especially for women. Here are 8 things you need to know about personal safety.

1. 8 TIPS FOR WOMEN SAFETY

2. INDEX
 Women Safety
 1. Awareness
 2. Use Your Sixth Sense
 3. Self-defense Training
 4. Fight Back
 5. Pepper Spray
 6. Avoiding A Car-jacking
 7. Travelling
 8. Safety In Cyberspace

3. WOMEN SAFETY
 Personal safety is an important issue for
everyone, but especially for women.
 Here are 8 things you need to know about
personal safety.

4. 1. Awareness
 Your first line of defence.
 Most people think of kicks to the groyne and
blocking punches when they hear the term
“self-defence.”

5.  Though, true self-defence begins long before
any actual physical contact.
 The first, and probably most important,
component in self-defense is awareness:
awareness of yourself, your surroundings,
and your potential attacker likely strategies.

6. 2. Use Your Sixth Sense
 “Sixth sense.” is a powerful subconscious
insight we feel about situations and people.
 We all have this gift, especially women, but
very few of us pay attention to it.

7.  Trust it and learn to use it to your advantage.
Avoid any situation or person, which does not
“feel” safe – you’re “sixth sense” is probably
right.

8. 3. Self-defense Training
 It is important to evaluate the practical
usefulness of a women’s self-defense
programs.
 Here are two tips:
a) Avoid martial arts studios .
b) The self-defense program should include
simulated assaults.

9. 4. Fight Back
 Unfortunately, no matter how diligent we are
in practising awareness and avoidance
techniques, we find ourselves in a situation
that leads to a physical fight.
 Many women worry that they will provoke the
attacker and make things worse if they
defend themselves.

10.  However, aim for the eyes first and the
groyne second, and use the element of
surprise to your advantage – look quickly,
and mean it.
 You may only get one chance.

11. 5. Pepper Spray
 Pepper spray can be a very useful tool,
understand that there can be significant
drawbacks to its use.
 Such as, it doesn’t work for everyone.
 Even a face spray will only incapacitate 80-85%
of people.

12.  Also, carrying it in your purse wastes time
and alerts the attacker to your intentions
while you fumble for it.
 Never depend on any self-defense tool or
weapon to stop an attacker, instead, trust
your body and your wits.

13. 6. Avoiding A Car-jacking
 Lock all the doors and keep windows up
when driving.
 Most car jackings take place when vehicles
are stopped at intersections.

14.  The criminals approach at a 45-degree
angle, and either pull you out of the driver’s
seat or jump in the passenger’s seat.

15. 7. Travelling
 Violent crimes against women mostly happen
in the best and worst hotels.
 Predators play the part of a hotel employee,
push their way through an open or unlocked
door.

16.  For home safety, never open your door
unless you are certain the person on the
other side is sure, and always carry a door
wedge with you when you travel.
 A wedge is often stronger than the door it
secures.

17. 8. Safety In Cyberspace
 The Internet is educational and entertaining,
and it can also be full of danger if one isn’t
careful.
 When communicating online, Always use a
nickname and always keep personal
information hidden such as home address
and phone number confidential.

18.  Keep current on security issues, frauds,
viruses, etc. by regularly referring to “The
Police Notebook” Internet Safety Page.

19. THANK YOU