Becky’s Button
Our founder, Jane Houng (Becky’s mother), is spearheading an incredible initiative to get panic buttons in the hands of vulnerable women and girls all over the world, particularly in Lebanon and at Becky’s Bathhouse, which serves female refugees and their children in Lesvos, Greece. This work continues Becky’s humanitarian work and, we hope, will protect the women and girls who have this device.
“Becky was the last of 114 British women killed by a man in 2017. In 2020, a woman or girl was killed by someone in their family every eleven minutes somewhere in the world. My heart goes out to their family and friends, to anyone who loses a loved one due to violence. What can we do to make the world a safer place? My focus is on empowering very vulnerable women, enabling them to protect themselves better, and getting their voices heard. Let’s take action together!
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“Becky’s Button is a small, light, clippable panic alarm that I’m donating to very vulnerable women for free. I find it best to clip on my bra strap under my arm, but there’s also a hole for threading it on to a key ring. The Button has an alarm of around 125 decibels. That’s loud! In an emergency, wearers can activate it with one click. The siren can scare away attackers and alert bystanders, giving wearers a few seconds to escape. I think it could have saved my daughter’s life.
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