However, she and the other women behind HarassTracker are determined that their app will eventually change women’s experiences of life in Lebanon. “We never said that it’s going to be easy, and we always knew that it’s going to be very long-term,” she says. “This is just the beginning.”

HarassTracker is currently only available for use in Lebanon, but it’s not just in the Middle East that women are using technology to battle against sexual harassment. In the UK, Laura Bates’ game-changing Everyday Sexism Project has evolved from a blog cataloguing experiences of harassment into a bestselling book and a powerful feminist campaigning force.

The site and mobile app Hollaback, meanwhile, allows women in over 40 locations including London, Sao Paulo, Sydney and Delhi to post their stories and pictures, “regaining some of the power that’s lost in the moment of harassment”.

This app tracks women’s experiences of cat-calling