DefendHer

This is a platform where people can learn self-defense skills through courses and modules, and can also practice optimal self-defense skills to use in certain situations with the feedback of AI.

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Inspiration

We were thinking of websites like Coursera and how they teach a lot of useful skills, so we wanted to make something similar for an issue that disproportionately affects women.

What it does

This is a website which acts as a platform for multiple self-defense courses and modules. Users can sign up and do a quick questionnaire which assesses their skill level and the right course for them, and then they can learn from the course modules and do a quick quiz for understanding at the end. Users can also think about different ways to approach certain scenarios by giving answers to an AI chatbot, which will give feedback about how good their approach is and what they can do differently.

How we built it

We built the front-end using HTML, CSS, and Javascript, and the back-end was Python using the Flask library.

Challenges we ran into

We didn't know much about front or back-end development so we had to do a lot of research, and incorporating the AI into the platform was difficult.

Accomplishments that we're proud of

This was all of our first times touching front-end development, so we're happy we were able to make so much progress.

What we learned

We learned a lot about front-end and back-end development, and how to incorporate multiple programming languages into one product.

What's next for DefendHer

We will try to improve the AI so that it outputs more legible answers.

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