Perceptions of Gender, Mobility, and Personal Safety: South Africa Moving Forward

Vanderschuren, Marianne; Phayane, Sekadi R.; Gwynne-Evans, Alison

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“…A particular issue with the vulnerability of pedestrians and public transport users is the added vulnerability experienced by female road users. Further to the increasing recognition and prioritization of women within Global health and development agendas such as within the UN SDG and UHC Agendas [14,16], there is also a growing body of research that in recent years highlight the experiences of vulnerability by females in the road traffic environment as well as their added risk to RTCIs [26][27][28]. In many African countries, females are reported to experience relatively greater risk exposure than men from walking and public transport, with these differences being more pronounced in rural areas [1,29,30].…”

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Fatality risk and issues of inequity among vulnerable road users in South Africa

2021

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Background Contextual effects from the physical and social environment contribute to inequitable protection for a large proportion of road users, especially in low- and middle-income countries like South Africa where distorted urban planning and socio-spatial disparities from the apartheid era prevail. Objectives This paper examines the differentiated risk of road traffic crashes and injuries to vulnerable road users in South Africa, including pedestrians, females and users of some modes of public transport, in relation to characteristics of the crashes that proxy a range of contextual influences such as rurality and socio-economic deprivation. Methods The study is based on a descriptive analysis of 33 659 fatal crashes that occurred in South Africa over a three-year period from 2016–2018. Measures of simple proportion, population-based fatality rate, “impact factor” and crash severity are compared between disaggregated groups using Chi-Square analysis, with the Cramer’s V statistic used to assess effect size. Results and significance Key findings show a higher pedestrian risk in relation to public transport vehicles and area-level influences such as the nature of roads or extent of urbanity; higher passenger risk in relation to public transport vehicles and rurality; and higher risk for female road users in relation to public transport vehicles. The findings have implications for prioritising a range of deprivation-related structural effects. In addition, we present a “User-System-Context” conceptual framework that allows for a holistic approach to addressing vulnerability in the transport system. The findings provide an important avenue for addressing the persistently large burden of road traffic crashes and injuries in the country.

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Fatality risk and issues of inequity among vulnerable road users in South Africa

2021

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“…The ability to negotiate these boundaries, however, occurs differentially on the basis of gender. This research highlights the need to reduce risk of harassment and sexual violence faced by girls and women in Namibia and other SSA contexts (Amoako-Sakyi, 2017; Memela and Maharaj, 2018; Peters, 2000; Porter et al, 2017; Vanderschuren et al, 2019; Tanzarn, 2017; Uteng, 2012). This may occur through a combination of increased securitization of public space, law enforcement, education and behavioural change campaigns aimed at removing the differentiated risks women and girls experience in their mobility.…”

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Rational versus Fashionable: Youth Identity, Play and Agency in Namibian Cycling Mobilities

Baker

2021

Progress in Development Studies

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The bicycle has been prescribed as an ‘intermediate mode of transport’ intended as a low-cost approach to address mobility inequality and poverty in sub-Saharan Africa. Within this framework, the bicycle is commonly intended to technologically advance head portage for those who cannot access motorized transport. The singular vision of the bicycle as a load-carrying device has sought to encourage industrious activities over alternative practices, such as play, embodied sensory experiences of mobility and conspicuous consumption for identity performance that are important aspects of youth agency. This article alternatively demonstrates the complexity of mobility and consumer behaviour among young Namibians as they negotiate multiple identities embodied in their mobility. In doing so, the article examines the limitations of youth agency expressed in play, mobility and subject formation, given the normative understandings of gender.

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“…Trains are considered the least safe, hence, the nding that women prefer other modes of transport. A questionnaire amongst train passengers in Cape Town revealed that, while males only experience pickpocketing (83%) and muggings (17%), females are exposed to pickpocketing (37%) and muggings (47%), as well as verbal (10%) and sexual (6%) harassment (Vanderschuren et al, 2019).…”

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“…Slightly more females (24.5% overall) than males (23.5% overall) use public transport. Females favour bus and MiniBus Taxi (MBT) over the train (Vanderschuren et al, 2019). Furthermore, more women (31% versus 27%) travel to work, while males make more business trips (25% versus only 4%).…”

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Inclusive Planning: African Policy Inventory and South African Mobility Case Study on the Exclusion of Persons with Disabilities and Other Vulnerable Groups

Vanderschuren¹,

Nnene²

2020

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BackgroundAlmost half of the African population is under the age of 18 years, while females make up just over half of the overall population. Estimates of the number of persons living with disabilities, on the African continent, range between 60-300 million individuals. Children, the elderly, females and people with disabilities all require amendments to traditional transport planning.MethodThis paper investigates the availability of transport policies and guidelines in 29 different African countries, focussing on the inclusion of persons with disabilities, women and children. A desktop study was conducted, followed by the analysis of secondary data in the case study area, South Africa, demonstrating that the lack of adequate policies, guidelines and appropriate implementation leads to a lack of accessibility, opportunities and social isolation. ResultsThe data analysed revealed that Ghana and Kenya, have the most inclusive policy and legislative framework, while Tanzania has the most inclusive transport related framework. The private sector, NGOs, and NPOs are most active in the inclusion of people living with disabilities in Ghana, Ethiopia, Uganda, Tanzania and South Africa.In South Africa (STATSSA, 2013), over 2.2 million people (4.5% of the population) did not travel at all in the seven days before the interview, as their disability or age prohibits them to do so, or due to a lack of appropriate services. When comparing the trip rates per week, people with disabilities travel significantly less than their abled counterparts, between 65.8% and 27.2% less.ConclusionsThe study concludes that people with disability live less integrated, more isolated lives, due to the lack of accommodating infrastructure and services, in addition to the lack of binding policies, legislation, standards and guidelines. The results underpin the need for Disability Inclusive Planning in the African context and provides recommendations that mitigate the isolation challenges faced by people with disabilities.

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Perceptions of Gender, Mobility, and Personal Safety: South Africa Moving Forward

Cited by 27 publications

References 20 publications

Fatality risk and issues of inequity among vulnerable road users in South Africa

Fatality risk and issues of inequity among vulnerable road users in South Africa

Rational versus Fashionable: Youth Identity, Play and Agency in Namibian Cycling Mobilities

Inclusive Planning: African Policy Inventory and South African Mobility Case Study on the Exclusion of Persons with Disabilities and Other Vulnerable Groups

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