The role of Blockchain in social impact projects
date: 13/02/2023
Estimates published by WHO indicate that globally about 1 in 3 women has been subjected to either physical and/or sexual intimate partner violence or non-partner sexual violence in their lifetime. Blockchain can step-in as a solution by creating trust in data, since it offers anonymity and allows networking.
A social impact project used blockchain to create a self-organised and self-sufficient community that ensures safety and privacy, and offers help and support to women who suffer gender-based violence. They use blockchain technology to tokenize the interactions between users, and turn them into transactions, thus creating a kind of "time bank" for victims of gender violence. After downloading the app, the user can request a meeting with someone in the network who will ''offer time'' to meet up "in a safe place", and afterwards get verified. The users create a community of mutual support, with low risk of exposure. Another project used a blockchain-based solution to mitigate the effects of gender-based violence, facilitating the production and self-management of administratively valid evidence of violent acts. They have done this with a mobile application for the registration of evidence and legalization online, enabling civil, administrative, or criminal proceedings.