What if women didn’t have to decide everything immediately?
Didi is a nonprofit initiative building a simple, private way for women in India to document what happened, preserve potential evidence and understand their options.
Something happened? Tell Didi.
Being developed for an initial Delhi pilot by Drift.
Too much disappears before the system ever sees it.
She may not know whether she wants to go to the police. She may not even know whether what happened constitutes an offence.
And she shouldn’t have to make every decision immediately. But memories fade, messages disappear and CCTV is overwritten while she decides.
Didi separates preserving what happened from deciding what to do about it.
02 / A simple beginning
Just tell
Didi.
In her own words.
At her own pace.
Initially on WhatsApp, Didi is being designed to help a woman preserve her account and relevant digital material through a simple conversation.
Illustrative conversation · Product in development
Start with what
she already has.
Her account
Her description of what happened, preserved as she provided it.
Her material
Photos, videos, screenshots, messages, documents and other digital material.
Her timeline
When information was submitted and what was subsequently added.
The originals
Original material kept separately from AI-generated transcripts, summaries and organisation.
Her choices
Nothing should become a police report simply because she told Didi.
A simple conversation.
Serious infrastructure.
Designed for evidence integrity from day one. These are principles we’re building around — and asking partners to help us get right.
Encryption
Protect sensitive information at rest and in transit.
Integrity
Cryptographically hash original digital files so subsequent alteration can be detected.
Provenance
Record what was received, when it was received and what subsequently happened to it.
Separation
Keep originals distinct from AI-generated transcripts, translations, summaries and other derived material.
Consent
Let the woman control whether to keep her information private or share it through an appropriate support or reporting pathway.
Preserve what was provided.
Make its history clear.
Didi will not claim that a piece of information proves an offence occurred.
What should exist before a woman reaches the system?
India is increasingly digitising criminal evidence, forensic investigation and electronic case workflows.
Police-side systems such as eSakshya are part of that shift. Didi explores the step before them: helping a woman preserve what she has, even when she hasn’t decided what comes next.
Designed to complement existing justice infrastructure.
06 / Beyond reporting
The decision remains hers.
Not every woman will want to report. Didi should respect that. Over time, we’re exploring four possible pathways.
Keep it private
Preserve what happened without sharing it.
Get support
Connect with an appropriate lawyer, counsellor or partner organisation.
Contribute anonymously
Choose to contribute sufficiently anonymised information to aggregate safety signals.
Report
Prepare preserved material for an appropriate formal reporting pathway.
Future direction · Outside the initial MVP
Didi Signals
Many experiences never appear in official crime statistics: following, persistent harassment, catcalling, unwanted touching and unsafe transport experiences.
“Women have recently reported repeated following around this area, particularly after 9 PM.”
With optional participation and appropriate anonymisation, aggregated reports could help communities and institutions understand patterns. These would describe reported experiences, rather than label a street “dangerous”.
Start small.
Get it right.
The initial prototype will focus on a useful, understandable way to preserve information.
WhatsApp-first access
No new behaviour to learn.
Natural conversation
Type or speak normally.
Secure preservation
Keep original submissions and their provenance.
Structured chronology
Organise what she provides without changing the original account.
User-controlled export
Create an organised record for a lawyer, support organisation or police.
Clear next steps
Explain available options without making decisions for her.
Help us build
Didi properly.
We can build the technology. We’re assembling the people who can help us build it responsibly.
Didi should not be designed from Berlin in isolation. We’re looking for people and organisations in India who bring practical expertise, trust and on-ground relationships.
Lawyers
Bring experience in criminal law, sexual offences, stalking, harassment, digital evidence or women’s rights. Help us design around what happens in police stations and courts.
Survivor-support organisations
Help make Didi trauma-informed, safe and useful for women experiencing distress.
Universities & women’s networks
Help test whether women understand, trust and would use Didi — and eventually help it reach them.
Digital-forensics specialists
Help design evidence preservation, provenance and export correctly.
Creators & community builders
Help make Didi something urban Indian women know, remember and feel comfortable sharing with a friend.
Public institutions & funders
Help test whether Didi can complement India’s existing women’s-safety and criminal-justice infrastructure.
Technology should
be the easy part.
Drift is an AI company building trusted systems for high-stakes institutional workflows.
Didi is intended to operate as a nonprofit initiative, free for women. We’re looking for Indian partners who bring the expertise and relationships that technology alone cannot provide.
Our founding principle