Women's Personal Safety: Empowerment, Advice, Resources

Every woman deserves to live in a world where her personal safety is respected, free from the threat of physical or sexual violence. Her choice of attire, level of intoxication, or demeanour should never diminish her right to safety. Violence against women is a heinous crime and entirely unacceptable. 

Through this website and my book, NEVER A VICTIM: The Definitive Guide to Women’s Safety, I am committed to helping you prevent both physical and sexual violence. The UK-dedicated edition of my book is available now, and an International edition will be following on 12 March 2025. Both editions will be available in hardcopy, eBook, and standard PDF formats, with audiobook versions scheduled for Spring 2025.

Further evidence-based, field-tested advice and invaluable research and studies dedicated to women’s personal safety are available in the resources section.

I am acutely aware that some suggestions may feel restrictive to your freedom. Women’s personal safety can indeed be limiting, sometimes preventing you from doing exactly what you want. Unfortunately, this is an unavoidable reality that I cannot change. You will need to find a balance between enjoying your freedom and ensuring your safety, which may involve doing things differently than you prefer or altering certain behaviours and habits altogether.

If you feel it is unfair and wrong that women must be cautious, careful, and conscious of their actions—limiting what, when, and how they want to do things—I wholeheartedly agree with you. It is unjust that women should have to change and adapt to a world where sexual abuse and physical violence are all too common. While there are many good men, it is men who need to rethink their attitudes and behaviour. Ideally, men would behave differently—much differently at times. It would be good, right, and just if the world were a place where this guide to women’s safety was unnecessary and irrelevant. But sadly, that is not the reality we face today.