Philippine chatbot 'Gabbie' is helping victims of sexual harassment

If the user wants to file a complaint against his or her harasser, Gabbie will ask several questions about the incident and the answers will be compiled into a form

Meet Gabbie, a Facebook messenger chatbot that helps Filipinos report incidents of sexual assault and harassment. Gabbie is a project of Gabriela, a Philippines-based women's group.

Over 10,000 women from age 15 to 49 have experienced various forms of physical and sexual abuse in the year 2012. Police recorded over 23,000 cases of women sustaining physical injuries and 1,897 cases of rape in the same period. All data is from a 2013 survey conducted by the Philippine Statistics Authority.

Through Gabbie, Gabriela hopes to educate victims and encourage them to report the violence they suffered to authorities.

Here's how Gabbie works: when a