1 out of 5 women in India receive sexual harassment phone calls. Reports Truecaller

Before the International Women’s Day, Truecaller published the third edition of its report entitled ‘Understanding the effects of harassment calls and SMS in India’. This report stated that in India 1 out of 5 women get sexual harassment and inappropriate calls. But India is also the highest of women reporting such calls.

Truecaller that 85% of women in India blocked numbers where they received inappropriate phone calls. 45% also sought help from their telecom operator while another 45% have tried to look for the amount. The report also highlights how there are still women who decide not to do anything. “44% of women chose to ignore it and still lower than the 12% reported the number of the authorities’ Truecaller said.

Truecaller the survey also found that the interference will mostly foreign calls, the number of which is 76%. And only about 4% of those calls are known acquaintances. Some of the areas in which the figures are generally slip to incorporate women give their phone number to download the shops, the restaurants, the shopping, the future competitions and even filling in logbooks.

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Women metro cities are the most affected when it comes to harassment calls. Chennai tops the list followed by New Delhi, Pune and Kolkata. Another interesting trend in this report is how women experienced the same reporting these calls. “67% of women in India reported irritation of these calls, 60% of hate, 29% of them are concerned, 29% was restless, and 21% reported feeling fear” Truecaller said.

Truecaller The survey was conducted in Kenya, Colombia, Brazil and Egypt. Truecaller conducted independent market research agency Ipsos poll this.