As personal-safety tech proliferates, critics raise caution that this will not be the fix to the large-scale problem of sexual violence
, an organization that trains staff at bars, restaurants, music venues and art spaces about preventing sexual violence.
“We’re not declaring that we’re the cure-all,” said Barbara Cook, chief executive of N.C.-based Undercover Colors, the maker of SipChip, which launched last September but is currently only available in the United States.
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